Brachyhypopomus walteri

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: Hypopomidae
Genus: Brachyhypopomus
Subgenus: Brachyhypopomus (Odontohypopomus)
Species: Brachyhypopomus walteri

Name

Brachyhypopomus walteri Sullivan et al., 2013

• Holotype: INPA 8941.
• Paratypes (20): INPA8926 (3 c&s), 8896 (4), 8880 (3), 8939 (1); ANSP 194031 (1), 194032 (1), 194033 (1); CUMV 97641 (1), 97642 (5).
• Type locality: Amazonas, Brazil, floating meadow alongside of lake in the Paraná do Paracuúba, near mouth of Rio Negro and entrance to Lago Janauari, approx. 15 km due south of Manaus, 03°12.6'S 059°59.40'W [1].
• Etymology: This species is named after Walter Heiligenberg (1938–1994) in honour of his discoveries in electric fish neurophysiology and behavior made at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. These notably include the "jamming avoidance response" in Eigenmannia, often described as the best-understood vertebrate behavior.

References

• Sullivan, J. P., Zuanon, J. & Cox Fernandes, C. 2013. Two new species and a new subgenus of toothed Brachyhypopomus electric knifefishes (Gymnotiformes, Hypopomidae) from the central Amazon and considerations pertaining to the evolution of a monophasic electric organ discharge. ZooKeys 327: 1–34. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.327.5427 Reference page.