Moenkhausia naponis

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 naponis

Name

Moenkhausia naponis Böhlke, 1958

Holotype: USNM 164067. Paratypes: ANSP 75900-01 (1, 3); USNM 164068 (2), 164071 (2), 175142 (2). Type catalogs: Böhlke, 1984:51 & Vari & Howe, 1991:30.

Type locality: Headwaters of Río Arajuno, Ecuador, 1°24' to 1°26'S, 77°50' to 77°55'W, elevation 1000–1050 meters.

References

Primary references

• Böhlke, J.E. 1958. Studies on fishes on the family Characidae. No. 14. A report on several extensive recent collections from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 110: 1–121, Pls. 1–7. Reference page. 
• Böhlke, E.B. 1984. Catalog of type specimens in the ichthyological collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Special publication (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia) No. 14: i–viii + 1–216. Reference page. 
• Vari, R.P. & Howe, J.C. 1991. Catalog of type specimens of Recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 1. Characiformes (Teleostei, Ostariophysi). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 517: 1–52. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.517 Reference page. 

Links

• Moenkhausia naponis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 26, 2016.
• Moenkhausia naponis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Moenkhausia naponis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.