Brycinus epuluensis

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: Alestidae
Genus: Brycinus
Species: Brycinus epuluensis

Name

Brycinus epuluensis Decru et al., 2016

• Holotype: MRAC A9-029-P-0612.
• Paratypes: MRAC A9-29-P-0613 (1), A9-029-P-0573-0575 (3).

Type locality: DRC: Ituri basin: Edoro River, upstream of the bridge, near the research camp at Edoro-Afarama, affluent of Epulu River, 1°33'01" N, 28°30'41" E.

Etymology: The Latin adjective epuluensis refers to the type locality of the species, the Epulu River.

References

• Decru, E., Vreven, E., Sadio, O. & Snoeks, J. 2016. Brycinus epuluensis, a new species from the Epulu River (Congo basin), Africa (Teleostei: Alestidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 27(1): 49–60. Abstract (PDF). Reference page.