Hyphessobrycon kayabi

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 kayabi

Name

Hyphessobrycon kayabi Teixeira et al., 2014

• Holotype: INPA 35100.
• Paratypes: ANSP 199664 (5); INPA 35099 (94), 37745 (4 (mol.)), 37746 (25 (3 C&S)); MZUSP 112222 (20), 112223 (1 (mol.)); ZUEC 7304 (5).

Type locality: Brazil, Estado do Mato Grosso, Apiacás, Rio Teles Pires, Lagoa Azul, 9°06'01"S, 57°03'56"W [1].

Etymology: The specific epithet honors the Kayabi Indians, a Tupi-speaking Indian nation, who, after suffering severe onslaughts from the western/Brazilian society during the first half of the 20th Century, still survive as a small group in a recently established area at the lower Rio Teles Pires, but mostly as a transplanted population at the Xingu Indigenous Park (Hemming, 2003).

References

• Hemming, J.; 2003: Die If You Must. Brazilian Indians in the Twentieth Century. Pan Books, London.
• Teixeira, T. F., Lima, F. C. T. & Zuanon, J.; 2014: A New Hyphessobrycon Durbin from the Rio Teles Pires, Rio Tapajós Basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Copeia, 2013 (4) [2014]: 612–621.