Lebiasina minuta

Taxonavigation

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: Lebiasinidae
Subfamilia: Lebiasininae
Genus: Lebiasina
Species: Lebiasina minuta

Name

• Lebiasina minuta Netto-Ferreira, 2012

Holotype: MZUSP 110693. Paratypes: ANSP 192062 (5); MZUSP 101423 (94), 101412 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Altamira, rio Xingu drainage, rio Treze de Maio, rio Iriri basin, near BR-163, 08°47'03"S, 54°58'29"W.[1]

Etymology: The specific epithet minuta from the Latin (= small) is in reference to the small size of adult specimens of Lebiasina minuta. Despite the large sample size of this species, no specimen larger than 68.4 mm SL was collected. In addition, most specimens larger than 50 mm SL were mature.

References

• Netto-Ferreira, A. L.; 2012: Three new species of Lebiasina (Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) from the Brazilian Shield border at Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (3): 487–498.
• Lebiasina minuta in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.