Serrapinnus

Serrapinnus piaba

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
Subfamilia: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Serrapinnus
Species: S. aster – S. calliurus – S. gracilis – S. heterodon – S. kriegi – S. littoris – S. lucindai – S. microdon – S. micropterus – S. notomelas – S. piaba – S. sterbai – S. tocantinensis – S. zanatae

Name

Serrapinnus Malabarba, 1998

Type species: Chirodon piaba Lütken, 1875. Type by original designation.

References

• Malabarba, L.R. 1998. Monophyly of the Cheirodontinae, characters and major clades (Ostariophysi: Characidae). Pp. 193–233. In: Malabarba et al. 1998.
• Malabarba, L.R. & Weitzman, S.H. 1999. A new genus and species of South American fishes (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) with a derived caudal fin, including comments about inseminating cheirodontines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112: 410–431.
• Malabarba, L.R. & Jerep, F.C. 2014. Review of the species of the genus Serrapinnus Malabarba, 1998 (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) from the rio Tocantins-Araguaia basin, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3847(1): 57–79. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.3 Reference page. 
• Oliveira, C., Avelino, G.S., Abe, K.T., Mariguela, T.C., Benine, R.C., Orti, G., Vari, R.P & Corrêa e Castro, R.M. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11(no. 275): 1–25.

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