Markiana

Markiana nigripinnis

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: Stevardiinae
Genus: Markiana
Species: M. geayi – M. nigripinnis

Name

Markiana Eigenmann, 1903

• Type species: Tetragonopterus nigripinnis Perugia, 1891

Etymology: –iana, belonging to: Eigenmann’s friend and teacher, Edward Lawrens Mark (1847-1946), head of Harvard University’s zoology department, where Eigenmann studied. (From: The ETYFish Project)

References

• Eigenmann, C.H. 1903. New genera of South American fresh-water fishes, and new names for old genera. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 45: 144–148. Reference page. 

Links

• Markiana and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Markiana species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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