Archolaemus orientalis

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: Sternopygidae
Genus: Archolaemus
Species: Archolaemus orientalis

Name

• Archolaemus orientalis Stewart, Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012

Holotype: MPEG 21508. Paratypes: MPEG 21509 (1), FMNH 94418 (3).

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Rio São Francisco system, Rio Piracutu basin, Município Buritizerio, Rio do Sono (17°18'S, 45°20'59"W).

Etymology: The species name orientalis is from the Latin for "of the east" refers to the presence of the species in the Rio São Francisco, the easternmost known occurrence of a species of Archolaemus.

References

• Vari, R. P., de Santana, C. D. & Wosiacki, W. B., 2012: South American electric knifefishes of the genus Archolaemus (Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes): undetected diversity in a clade of rheophiles. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 165: 670–699.