Gymnogeophagus lipokarenos
Taxonavigation: Cichliformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlinae
Genus: Gymnogeophagus
Species: Gymnogeophagus lipokarenos
Name
editGymnogeophagus lipokarenos Malabarba et al., 2015
- Holotype: MCP 23522.
- Paratypes: MCP 16127 (8), 12958 (34 alc, 3 c&s), 12996 (14), 16117 (10); UFRGS 15743 (3), 15752 (3), 7551 (2), 7552 (1), 7553 (1); UMMZ 225381 (8), 225499 (5); ZVCP 12957 (2).
Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, rio Dourados at Linha Várzea, on road from Severiano de Almeida to Aratiba, approx. 27°23’S, 52°13’W.
Etymology: From the Greek lipos, meaning fat, and from the Greek kara, meaning head, in allusion to the extremely large adipose hump of adult males.
References
edit- 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.