Corydoras lymnades

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
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: Siluriformes

Familia: Callichthyidae
Genus: Corydoras
Species: Corydoras lymnades

Name

Corydoras lymnades Tencatt et al., 2013

Holotype: MNRJ 40186.
Paratypes: MNRJ 22370 (1); MCP 16916 (72, 2 c&s), 17047 (12), 17050 (20, 1 c&s), 23492 (4), 28271 (14, 2 c&s), 29024 (3), 47023 (1), 47024 (1); NUP 9965 (13), 13834 (1 c&s), 13835 (1 c&s).

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Guarda-Mor, rio Guarda-Mor, rio São Francisco basin, 17°46’18”S, 47°05’43”W [1].

Etymology: Lymnades are small creatures derived from the Goblins, according to Greek mythology. They live around lakes and have the task to protect the Nymphs from men that dare to try get close to them. The legend says that the Lymnades have the divine power of see in the bottom of a man’s soul and take the form of the most beloved person for the unwary that invade the territory of the nymphs. After deceiving the victims they kill and devour them. The epithet lymnades makes allusion with the small size of the species and its coloration similarity with C. garbei.

References

Tencatt, L. F. C., Vera-Alcaraz, H. S., Britto, M. R. & Pavanelli, C. S.; 2013: A new Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 257–264.