Moenkhausia mikia

Taxonavigation

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 mikia

Name

• Moenkhausia mikia Marinho & Langeani, 2010

Holotype: MZUSP 85166. Paratypes: DZSJRP 12673 (10); INPA 34346 (5); MCP 45680 (5); MPEG 18978 (5); MNRJ 37425 (5); MZUSP 81198 (296), 85062 (5), 81219 (36), 85168 (1), 85116 (4), 85172 (2).

Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, rio Tiquié, rio Negro drainage, igapó at Jabuti village, 0°16’31.9”N 69°53’36.4”W.[1]

Etymology: Mikia (mikiawu), after the common name employed by the Tuyuka indian people (who live at the upper rio Tiquié, the type locality) for the species of the Moenkhausia lepidura complex.

References

• Marinho, M.M.F.; Langeani, F. 2010: A new species of Moenkhausia from the rio Amazonas and rio Orinoco basins (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 2577: 57–68. Preview