Gymnogeophagus missioneiro

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 missioneiro

Name

Gymnogeophagus missioneiro Malabarba et al., 2015

• Holotype: MCP 23495.
• Paratypes: MCP 16125 (17), 10881 (2), 12618 (12), 12725 (10 alc., 2 c&s); UMMZ 225488 (7).

Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, 4 km from São Luiz Gonzaga, arroio Ximbocuzinho, on road from São Luiz Gonzaga to Bossoroca, approx. 28°27’S, 54°58’W.

Etymology: Missioneiro, a Portuguese noun meaning from the Missões region, the Jesuitic Missions of the Eighteenth century in southern Brazil and Argentina, in allusion to the distribution of this species.

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.