Characidium satoi

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 satoi

Name

Characidium satoi Melo & Oyakawa, 2015

• Holotype: MZUSP 114614.
• Paratypes: MZUSP 39676 (15), 95289 (10), 95293 (10), 115059 (17); ROM 95300 (2); ZUEC 8549 (2).

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, mun. Três Marias, Córrego Curral das Éguas, tributary of Rio Abaeté, Rio São Francisco basin, 18°07'13"S, 45°24'52"W.

Etymology: The specific name satoi is a patronym that honors Dr. Yoshimi Sato, a biologist of the Companhia de Desenvolvivmento dos Vales do São Francisco e do Parnaíba (CODEVASF), for his contributions to the knowledge and conservation of the ichthyofauna of the Rio São Francisco drainage.

References

• Melo, M.R.S. & Oyakawa, O.T. 2015. A New Species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes, Crenuchidae) with a Distinctively Dimorphic Male. Copeia 103(2): 281–289. DOI: 10.1643/CI-14-073Reference page.