Sternarchorhynchus starksi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes

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: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Apteronotidae
Genus: Sternarchorhynchus
Species: Sternarchorhynchus starksi

Name

Sternarchorhynchus starksi de Santana & Vari, 2010: 344.

Holotype: INPA 28377 (formerly FMNH 115485). [Paratypes: CAS SU 22193, (10); USNM 52542, (2); MZUSP 58196, (1)].

Type locality: Brazil. Pará: Rio Pará between Rio Boa Vista and Rio Tocantins, between towns of Boa Vista and Abaetetuba (1° 45′ 30″ S, 49° 29′ 17″ W).

Etymology: The species name starksi is in honour of Edwin Chapin Starks of Stanford University.

References

• de Santana, C. D. & Vari, R. P. 2010: Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159 (1): 223–371.