Melanorivulus proximus

Melanorivulus proximus, holotype, male

Melanorivulus proximus, paratype, female

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 proximus

Name

Melanorivulus proximus Costa, 2018

ZooBank: 79A16259-1DEF-4F9E-8AE1-047802792F3F

Type locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso do Sul state: Cassilândia municipality: stream crossing the road MS-306, Rio Aporé drainage, Rio Paraná Basin, 19°03’54”S, 51°49’56”W, altitude about 515 m asl; W.J.E.M. Costa et al., 20 Sep. 2011.

Holotype: UFRJ 11681, male, 27.7 mm SL;

References

Primary references

• Costa, W.J.E.M. 2018. Three new species of the killifish genus Melanorivulus from the Rio Paraná Basin, central Brazilian Cerrado (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(1): 17–27. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.21321 Reference page. 

Links

• Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2020). FishBase. Melanorivulus proximus Costa, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1385417 on 2020-09-07

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