Acrobrycon ortii

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: Stevardiinae
Genus: Acrobrycon
Species: Acrobrycon ortii

Name

Acrobrycon ortii Arcila et al., 2014

• Holotype: CBF 13305 (previously USNM 305496).
• Paratypes: USNM 408404 (13); #M|MLP]] 10317 (previously USNM 408404, in part) (2); #C|CBF]] 13306 (previously USNM 408404, in part) (3).

Type locality: Bolivia, Villamontes, Río Pilcomayo, Río Paraguay basin, 21°20'S, 63°37'W [1].

Etymology: The species name ortii honours Guillermo Ortí of The George Washington University, in recognition of his extensive contributions to our knowledge of the evolution of Neotropical freshwater fishes.

References

• Arcila, D., Vari, R.P. & Menezes, N.A. 2014. Revision of the Neotropical Genus Acrobrycon (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae) with Description of Two New Species. Copeia 2013 (4) [2014]: 604–611. Reference page.