Melanorivulus nigropunctatus

Melanorivulus nigropunctatus, male

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Rivulidae
Genus: Melanorivulus
Species: Melanorivulus nigropunctatus

Name

• Melanorivulus nigropunctatus Volcan, Klotzel & Lanés, 2017: 83

Holotype: MCP 50017, 24.1 mm SL, ♂.

Type locality: “Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul State, municipality of Água Clara, stream tributary of left margin of Rio Verde, 20°02’29”S, 53°9’42”W, altitude 361 meters a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Volcan, M.V., Klotzel, B. & Lanés, L.E.K. 2017. Two New Species of Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Cynolebiidae) from Rio Verde drainage, Upper Rio Paraná Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 4236(1): 82–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.4. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Volcan, M.V., Severo-Neto, F. & Lanés, L.E.K. 2018. Unrecognized biodiversity in a world’s hotspot: three new species of Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from tributaries of the right bank of the Rio Paraná basin, Brazilian Cerrado. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(2): 263–280. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.24406. Reference page. 

Links

• Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2020). FishBase. Melanorivulus nigropunctatus Volcan, Klotzel & Lanés, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1385358 on 2020-09-02

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