Chrysobrycon guahibo

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: Characidae
Subfamilia: Stevardiinae
Genus: Chrysobrycon

Species: Chrysobrycon guahibo

Name

Chrysobrycon guahibo Vanegas-Ríos et al., 2015

• Holotype: MPUJ 7160.
• Paratypes: CI-FML 6152 (6); MLP 10829 (2 c&s); MPUJ 7162 (11), 7161 (10), 7163 (1), 7164 (3), 7165 (6), 7166 (8), 7167 (10), 7168 (2); MLP 10830 (4).

Type locality: Colombia: Meta department: Fuente de Oro municipality: Orinoco River basin, Guaviare River basin, Ariari River basin, Caño Abrote; 3°17'39" N, 73°32'02" W, 258 m asl.

Etymology: The species name guahibo is in honour of the Guahibo tribe (or Sikuani), an ethnic group of Amerindians of the Arauca, Guaviare, Meta, Orinoco, and Vichada rivers basins. This tribe is the most populous ethnic group inhabiting the Orinoco floodplains where the species is known.

References

• Vanegas-Ríos, J.A., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M., 2015: Chrysobrycon guahibo, a new species from the Orinoco River basin, with a distribution expansion of the genus (Teleostei: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 26 (2): 171-182. Abstract Reference page.