Melanorivulus kunzei
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Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Rivulidae
Genus: Melanorivulus
Species: Melanorivulus kunzei
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- Melanorivulus kunzei Costa, 2012
Holotype: UFRJ 8423. Paratypes: UFRJ 8422 (6, 5), 8421 (4, 4).
Type locality: Brazil, Estado de Goiás, Município de Jataí, road BR-158, about 64 km N of Jataí town, in a small stream tributary to upper Caiapó River, an upper tributary to Araguaia River, 17°01'55"S, 51°51'03"W, altitude 729 m.[1]
Etymology: The specific name kunzei is in honour of Eduardo Kunze Bastos, author of an unpublished dissertation written in 1979 comprising a pioneering study on the ecology of Rivulus punctatus (correctly, Melanorivulus pictus) from central Brazil, providing initial stimulus for studying taxonomy of the killifishes today placed in the genus Melanorivulus.
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- Costa, W. J. E. M.; 2012: Two new species of Melanorivulus from the Caiapós hill, upper Araguaia river basin, Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (3): 211–218.