Eigenmannia besouro

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes

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: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Sternopygidae
Genus: Eigenmannia
Species: Eigenmannia besouro

Name

Eigenmannia besouro Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2016

• Holotype: MZUSP 57890.
• Paratypes: MZUSP 57889 (3), 57895 (1), 83792 (6+1 C&S), 84036 (7), 84070 (6), 84113 (1), 98748 (2), 114281 (1), 114520 (2), 115398 (1), 119104 (5 + 1 C&S); MPEG 33920 (1), 33919 (1 C&S), 33921 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, Bahia, São Desidério, Sítio Grande, rio São Francisco basin, rio Grande, 12°25'40.09"S, 45°05'10"W.

Etymology: The species name besouro (= ‘beetle’ in Portuguese) is in honor of Manoel Henrique Pereira, known as Besouro Mangangá (‘The Mangangá Beetle’), a native of the Recôncavo region of Bahia, and a legendary figure in the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira.

References

• Peixoto, L.A.W. & Wosiacki, W.B. 2016. Eigenmannia besouro, a new species of the Eigenmannia trilineata species-group (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4126(2): 262–270. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.6 Reference page.