Protocheirodon pi

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: Characidae
Subfamilia: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Protocheirodon
Species: Protocheirodon pi

Name

Protocheirodon pi (Vari, 1978)

• Holotype: AMNH 35952.
• Paratypes: AMNH 35953 (3, 1 c&s); BMNH 1977.6.9.138 (1).
• Type locality: Lagoon along Río Mamoré, 10 kilometers west of San Pedro, Dept. Beni, Bolivia, 14°21'01.7"S, 64°59'40"W.

Synonyms

• Leptagoniates pi Vari, 1978

References

Primary references

• Vari, R.P. 1978. The genus Leptagoniates (Pisces: Characoidei) with a description of a new species from Bolivia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91(1): 184-190. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Vari, R.P., Melo, B.F. & Oliveira, C. 2016. Protocheirodon, a new genus of Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) with the redescription of the poorly known Protocheirodon pi. Neotropical Ichthyology 14(2): e150154. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150154 Reference page. 

Links

• Protocheirodon pi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Protocheirodon pi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.