Hypsolebias sertanejo
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Rivulidae
Genus: Hypsolebias
Species: Hypsolebias sertanejo
Name
editHypsolebias sertanejo Costa, 2012
Holotype: UFRJ 8380. Paratypes: UFRJ 8324 (2), 8276 (10), 2125 (4 c&s), 4500 (2 c&s), 4789 (45), 4787 (94), 5353 (10), 3804 (6), 4499 (2); BMNH 2011.11.17-12-15 (4).
Type locality: Seasonal pool E of the town Januária, São Francisco River floodplains, 15°30'01"S, 44°23'18"W, altitude 450 m, Município de Januária, Estado den Minas Gerais, Brazil.[1]
Etymology: The name sertanejo is a Portuguese word referring to something or someone originationg in the Sertão, which is a general term designating a vast area of the savannahs of central and north-eastern Brazil, derived from the Portuguese word 'desertão' (big desert), in reference ot the scarce human occupation of the region in the past, associated with the warm and dry climate. The name was especially chosen for this species by it occurring in the area that is part of the region described in the famous novel Grande Sertão: Veredas, written by João Guimarães Rosa in 1956, which is among the most important books in Brazilian literature.
References
edit- Costa, W.J.E.M., Amorim, P.F., & Mattos, J.L.O. 2012: Species delimitation in annual killifishes from the Brazilian Caatinga, the Hypsolebias flavicaudatus complex (Cypriniformes: Rivulidae): implications for taxonomy and conservation. Systematics and biodiversity, 10(1): 71–91. Abstract