Taxonavigation

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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
Subfamilia: Aphyocharacinae
Genus: Leptagoniates
Species: L. steindachneri

Note: Acc. to Tagliacollo et al. (2012), Leptagoniates pi Vari, 1978 is not closely related to either the type species of ths genus or to the subfamily Aphyocharacinae.

Name

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Leptagoniates Boulenger, 1887

Type species: Leptagoniates steindachneri Boulenger, 1887

References

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  • Boulenger, G. A., 1887: An account of the fishes collected by Mr. C. Buckley in eastern Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1887 (2): 274–283, Pls. 20-24.
  • Tagliacollo, V. A., Souza-Lima, R., Benine, R. C. & Oliveira, C., 2012: Molecular phylogeny of Aphyocharacinae (Characiformes, Characidae) with morphological diagnoses for the subfamily and recognized genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 64: 297–307.