Laetacara flamannellus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

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: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlasomatinae
Genus: Laetacara
Species: Laetacara flamannellus

Name

• Laetacara flamannellus Ottoni et al., 2012

Holotype: UFRJ 8060. Paratypes: UFRJ 8005 (16), 8057 (3), 8010 (4), 8056 (2), 8038 (1); MNRJ 14570 (1); IEPA 1090 (2), 1092 (2), 0199 (6), 1764 (4), 2751 (8).

Type locality: Brazil: Amapá state: lago Curiaú, following the road AP-70 to Santo Antônio da Pedreira, Macapá municipality, 0°0’54"N, 51°2’26"W.

Etymology: The name flamannellus is a contraction from the Latin flammeus, meaning flame coloured, and from the Latin annellus, meaning ring, due to the presence of an orange flame ring around the dorsal-fin spot, one of the diagnostic character states of the species.

References

• Ottoni, F. P., Bragança, P. H. N., Amorim,P. F. & Gama, C. S., 2012: A new species of Laetacara from the northern Brazil coastal floodplains (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 62 (2): 181–188.