Gymnogeophagus tiraparae

Taxonavigation

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: Geophaginae
Genus: Gymnogeophagus
Species: Gymnogeophagus tiraparae

Name

Gymnogeophagus tiraparae González-Bergonzoni, Loureiro & Oviedo, 2009

Holotype: ZVC-P 7870.
Paratypes: ZVC-P 2690 (2), 3703 (2), 6684 (9), 6687 (1), 6688 (1), 6689 (3), 6692 (3), 6694 (1), 6695 (1), 7656 (2), 7658 (1), 7938 (5), 7869 (1); MNHN 3277 (6); UFRGS 10203 (3), 10204 (2).

Type locality: Uruguay, Tacuarembó, Pueblo Ansina, río Tacuarembó at Road 26, tributary of río Negro (lower río Uruguay drainage), 31°53’01"S, 55°28’38"W.

Etymology: named after María Luisa Tirapare, a Guaraní woman who founded the now disappeared town of San Borja del Yí (close to the first locality where the new species was found), the last native town in Uruguayan land, where natives, fugitive African slaves, gauchos, and other outsiders lived together.

References

González-Bergonzoni, I., Loureiro, M. & Oviedo, S. 2009. A new species of Gymnogeophagus from the río Negro and río Tacuarí basins, Uruguay (Teleostei: Perciformes). Neotropical Ichthyology 7(1): 19–24. Reference page.