Mimagoniates microlepis

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: Mimagoniates
Species: Mimagoniates microlepis

Name

Mimagoniates microlepis (Steindachner, 1877)

• Lectotype: NMW 56534.
  • Lectotype apparently selected by Menezes & Weitzman, 2009.
• Paralectotypes: NMW 56534:1 (1).

Type locality: Brooks near Rio de Janeiro, Rio dos Macacos, probably at Macacu, ca. 22°26'S, 42°49'W, Brazil.

Etymology: micro- (= small), and lepis (= scale), presumably referring to small scales, 44 along lateral line and 13-14 rows along the sides. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Paragoniates microlepis Steindachner, 1877
• Coelurichthys iporangae Miranda Ribeiro, 1908
  • Coalurichthys iporangae Miranda Ribeiro, 1908

References

• Azevedo, M.A., Fialho, C.B. & Malabarba, L.R. 2016. Reproductive strategies in two inseminating species of Glandulocaudini, Mimagoniates microlepis and Mimagoniates rheocharis (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae). Journal of Fish Biology 89(1): 431–444. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12876 Reference page. 
• Menezes, N.A. & Weitzman, S.H. 2009. Systematics of the Neotropical fish subfamily Glandulocaudinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 7(3): 295–370.PDF Reference page. 
• Steindachner, F. 1877. Die Süsswasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien (III). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 74(1): 559–694, Pls. 1–13. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Mimagoniates microlepis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Mimagoniates microlepis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.