Moenkhausia lineomaculata

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

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: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamiliae: Pristellinae
Genus: Moenkhausia

Species: Moenkhausia lineomaculata

Name

Moenkhausia lineomaculata Dagosta et al., 2015

• Holotype: MZUSP 117108.
• Paratypes: MZUSP 105953 (3), 106316 (2), 106320 (2), 106322 (3), 106324 (4), 106325 (1), 106326 (1), 106327 (5), 106328 (1), 106467 (2), 107995 (4); INPA 48035 (3); USNM 427200 (3).

Type locality: Campos de Júlio, rio Juruena at Fazenda Tiroleza, upper rio Tapajós basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, 14°16’37”S 59°5’22”W.

Etymology: The specific name lineomaculata comes from the Latin lineo, meaning line, and maculata, meaning spotted, in allusion to the longitudinal series of aligned spots characteristic of the species.

References

• Dagosta, F.C.P., Marinho, M.M.F. & Benine, R.C. 2015. A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Juruena basin, Central Brazil. Zootaxa 4032(4): 417–425. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.4.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.