Leptophilypnion fittkaui

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eleotroidei

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: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Eleotroidei

Familia: Eleotridae
Genus: Leptophilypnion
Species: Leptophilypnion fittkaui

Name

Leptophilypnion fittkaui Roberts, 2013

• Holotype: ZSM 42249.
• Paratypes: ZSM 28290 (1), 28291 (6), 28293 (1), 28288 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Negro watershed, Rio Cuieiras, Igarapé Cachoeira at Cachoeira Pedras dos Indios, field station A-294, [approximately 60 km NW of Manaus] [1].

Etymology: Leptophilypnion fittkaui is named in honour of Ernst Josef Fittkau (1927- 2012), advocate of Amerindian rights, conservationist, entomologist (Diptera, especially Chironomidae), and collector of the type specimens of this species.

References

• Roberts, T. R.; 2013: Leptophilypnion, a new genus with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (2): 85–98.