Hyphessobrycon ellisae Bragança et al.

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

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: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamiliae: Pristellinae
Genus: Hyphessobrycon

Species: Hyphessobrycon ellisae

Name

Hyphessobrycon ellisae Bragança et al., 2015

• Holotype: UFRJ 5281.
• Paratypes: UFRJ 5280 (17), 5282 (3 c&s), 10492 (3 c&s).

Type locality: Brazil: Sergipe State: Município de Estância: about 8 km north of Santa Cruz do Abais; about 11°15' S, 37°16' W.

Etymology: The name ellisae is in honor of Marion Durbin Ellis for her contributions to the taxonomy of the genus.

References

• Bragança, P. H. N. d., Ottoni, F. P. & Rangel-Pereira, F. S., 2015: Hyphessobrycon ellisae, a new species from northeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (3): 255–262. Abstract Reference page.