Hyphessobrycon eschwartzae

Taxonavigation

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 eschwartzae

Name

Hyphessobrycon eschwartzae García-Alzate et al., 2013

• Holotype: MUSM 42392.
• Paratypes: AUM 51350 (12), 51374 (16); MUSM 22474 (111), 3684 (16), 9771 (26), 21221 (143), 22893 (30), 25093 (150), 25109 (26), 25182 (24), 25243 (110), 25315 (440); IUQ 3033 (3 c&s).

Type locality: Perú, La Cachuela, Rio Madre de Dios, Tambopata, Madre de Dios, 12°16'38.2"S, 69°09'8.12"W [1].

Etymology: The specific epithet eschwartzae alluding to the artist Eugenia Schwartz for her economic support that allowed to collect specimens, which also are part of the type material in this research.

References

• García-Alzate, C. A., Román-Valencia, C. & Ortega, H.; 2013: Hyphessobrycon taphorni y H. eschwartzae (Teleostei: Characidae) dos nuevas especies de peces de la cuenca del río Madre de Dios, Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 61 (2): 859–873.
• Hyphessobrycon eschwartzae in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.