Hypostomus kuarup

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

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: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypostominae
Tribus: Hypostomini
Genus: Hypostomus
Species: Hypostomus kuarup

Name

• Hypostomus kuarup Zawadzki, Birindelli & Lima, 2012

Holotype: MZUSP 109765. Paratypes: ANSP 192412 (5); INPA 37075 (5); MCP 46838 (5); MNRJ 39116 (5); MZUSP 91970 (29); NUP 11269 (5); ZUEC 6551 (5).

Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Campinápolis, rio Xingu basin, rio Culuene (at the former rapids, current area of reservoir Paranatinga II), 13°51’03”S 53°15’31”W.

Etymology: The specific name kuarup refers to Kuarup or Quarup, an origin of myth and a festivity shared by most of the ethnical groups living in the upper portion of the Xingu Indigenous Park. The first Kuarup is said to have taken place at the Saginhenhu, a locality recently identified by the Indians as being the Cachoeira do Adelino, one of the localities from where Hypostomus kuarup is known.

References

• Zawadzki, C. H., Birindelli, J. L. O. & Lima, F. C. T., 2012: A new armored catfish species of the genus Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Xingu basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (2): 245–253.