Gymnogeophagus constellatus

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

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: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlinae
Genus: Gymnogeophagus
Species: Gymnogeophagus constellatus

Name

Gymnogeophagus constellatus Malabarba et al., 2015

• Holotype: MCP 10499.
• Paratypes: MCP 10478 (8), 10949 (4), 10827 (16, 3 c&s), 10867 (2), 11863 (1), 34922 (3), 37021 (2); UFRGS 10420 (2), 7094 (19); ZVCP 12956 (2).

Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Ijuí, rio Conceição, 28°27’48”S, 53°57’17”W.

Etymology: From the Latin constellatus meaning studded with stars, in reference to arrangement of white bright spots in the dorsolateral region of the body.

References

• Malabarba, L.R., Malabarba, M.C. & Reis, R.E. 2015. Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage. Neotropical Ichthyology 13(4): 637–662. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20140188 Reference page.