Copella vilmae

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: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Copella
Species: Copella vilmae

Name

Copella vilmae Géry, 1963

• Holotype: SMF 5931.
• Paratypes: SMF 5967-78 (12); SU (not found); USNM 198135 (4).

Type locality: Igarapé Préto, along upper Amazon, near Belem, about 60 kilometers below Leticia, Peru-Colombia border.

Etymology: The species is named after the wife of the ethnographer and tropical-fish collector Harald Schultz (1909–1966), Vilma Schultz (see: ETYFish Project).

References

• Géry, J.; 1963: Copella vilmae n. sp. (Pisces, Characoidei). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 44 (1): 25–31.