Oligosarcus amome

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
Genus: Oligosarcus
Species: Oligosarcus amome

Name

Oligosarcus amome Almirón et al., 2015

• Holotype: MLP 10679.
• Paratypes: MLP 10680 (6, 1 C&S); MACN-ict 10374 (1).

Type locality: Argentina: Misiones Province: río Uruguay basin, arroyo Oveja Negra, tributary of Arroyo Yabotí-Guazú, 27°08'15.5"S, 53°55'28.8"W.

Etymology: The species epithet amome is a Guaraní word that means once in a while, rare, in references to the low occurrence of the specimens of this species in the localities where they were captured.

References

• Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K., Říčan, O. 2015. Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa 3915(4): 581–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.8.Reference page.