Retroculus acherontos

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

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 Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Retroculinae
Genus: Retroculus
Species: Retroculus acherontos

Name

Retroculus acherontos Landim et al., 2015

• Holotype: MZUSP 85824.
• Paratypes: numerous.

Type locality: Brazil, Goiás, Rio Tocantins basin, Rio das Almas, tributary of left margin of Rio Maranhão, 14˚37′51.2″S, 49˚1′56.6″W.

Etymology: From the Greek Acherontos, meaning 'of Acheron', in reference to the river which in the greek mythology flows to Hades, land of the souls. This is in reference to the Rio das Almas, which means river of the souls in Portuguese.

References

• Landim, M.I., Moreira, C.R. & Figueiredo, C.A., 2015: Retroculus acherontos, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei) from the Rio Tocantins basin. Zootaxa 3973(2): 369–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page.