Astyanax pirabitira

Taxonavigation

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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
Genus: Astyanax
Species: Astyanax pirabitira

Name

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Astyanax pirabitira Lucena et al., 2013

  • Holotype: MCP 47707.
  • Paratypes: MCN 19725 (12); MCP 14390 (256), 22796 (3), 25654 (37), 25655 (5), 26768 (37); UFRGS 4860 (57), 4861 (194), 4883 (19).

Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, border between Cambará do Sul and Bom Jesus, rio das Antas, rio Jacuí drainage, laguna dos Patos system, ca. 28º50’S, 50º06’W [1].

Etymology: The specific name pirabitira, from Tupi-Guarani, means mountain fish (pira = fish, and ybytyra = mountain). It is a reference to the occurrence of the species in altitudes higher than 800 m.

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