Polycentrus jundia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria

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

Familia: Polycentridae
Genus: Polycentrus
Species: Polycentrus jundia

Name

Polycentrus jundia Coutinho & Wosiacki, 2014

• Holotype: MZUSP 54586
• Paratypes: MZUSP 55113 (3), MZUSP 59204 (1), MZUSP 62169 (1), MZUSP 62191 (1)

Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, município de Iranduba, Paricatuba, rio Negro basin, lake on the right bank of the rio Negro.

Etymology: The epithet jundia comes from the Tupi word "jundiá" meaning "head with spine", and refers to the large amount of serrations present on the head bones of the new species. Treated here as a noun in apposition.

References

• Coutinho, D.P. and W.B. Wosiacki, 2014. A new species of leaffish Polycentrus Müller & Troschel, 1849 (Percomorpha: Polycentridae) from the rio Negro, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 4): 747-753. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20140046

Links

• Polycentrus jundia in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 06, 2021.
• Polycentrus jundia in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on June 06, 2021.
• Polycentrus jundia in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on June 06, 2021