Hyphessobrycon psittacus

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 psittacus

Name

Hyphessobrycon psittacus Dagosta et al., 2016

• Holotype: MZUSP 115550.
• Paratypes: many.

Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso State, Sapezal, Rio Papagaio, a tributary of the Rio Juruena, upper Rio Tapajóos basin, 13°33'41.7"S, 58°24'26.9"W.

Etymology: The specific name psittacus comes from the Latin word for parrot, in allusion to the type locality, the Rio Papagaio, which means ‘‘Parrot River’’ in Portuguese.

References

• Dagosta, F.C.P., Marinho, M.M.F., Camelier, P. & Lima, F.C.T. 2016. A New Species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Upper Rio Juruena Basin, Central Brazil, with a Redescription of H. cyanotaenia. Copeia 104(1): 250–259. DOI: 10.1643/CI-15-243 Reference page.