Brachyrhamdia thayeria

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Siluriformes 

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: Siluriformes

Familia: Heptapteridae
Genus: Brachyrhamdia
Species: Brachyrhamdia thayeria

Name

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Brachyrhamdia thayeria Slobodian & Bockmann, 2013

Holotype: INPA 39534. Paratypes: ANSP 194110 (1); INPA 25306 (2), 25740 (1), 25741 (2); LIRP 10237 (1); MZUSP 114011 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Maraã, Lago Amanã, Rio Japurá basin, 02°32’06”S, 65°43’02”W, 44 m a.s.l.

Etymology: The specific epithet thayeria refers to Thayeria Eigenmann (1908), a genus of South American characin that has a similar diagonal dark stripe on the caudal peduncle, and also in honor of the North American businessman and philanthropist Nathaniel Thayer, Jr. (1808–1883), who sponsored the expedition to Brazil led by Swiss zoologist Louis Agassiz from 1865 to 1866 (then known as Thayer Expedition), which was responsible for important discoveries of the Amazon fish fauna.

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