Characidium amaila

Taxonavigation

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: Crenuchidae
Subfamilia: Characidiinae
Genus: Characidium
Species: Characidium amaila

Name

Characidium amaila Lujan et al., 2013

• Holotype: CSBD 1655.
• Paratypes: numerous.

Type locality: Guyana, Region 8, Kuribrong River drainage, a tributary of the Potaro/Essequibo River system, confluence of the Amaila and Kuribrong rivers immediately above Amaila Falls (Rapids 1), 5°22'33"N, 59°33'1"W [1].

Etymology: Named for Amaila Falls, a striking feature of the Guiana Shield escarpment in western Guyana that will have altered flow following completion of a dam that is now being planned.

References

• Lujan, N. K., Agudelo-Zamora, H., Taphorn, D. C., Booth, P. N. & López-Fernández, H.; 2013: Description of a New, Narrowly Endemic South American Darter (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Central Guiana Shield Highlands of Guyana. Copeia, 2013 (3): 454–463.