Moenkhausia heikoi

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
Subfamiliae: Pristellinae
Genus: Moenkhausia
Species: Moenkhausia heikoi

Name

Moenkhausia heikoi Géry & Zarske, 2004

Holotype: MZUP 83536. Paratypes: MHNG 2644.30 (1), MTD F 27909 (1). Plus one non-type specimen.

Type locality: Rio Iriri, a left-hand tributary of the Rio Xingú well above Altamira, at edge of island between Rio Novo and Igarapé Grota, about 10 kilometers below mouth of River Novo, Para, Brazil, about 4°25'S, 53°40'W.

References

Primary references

• Géry, J. & Zarske, A. 2004. Moenkhausia heikoi n. sp., a new tetra (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae) from the Rio Xingú basin, Brazil, with a supplementary description of the genus type species. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 9(1): 29–43.Reference page. 

Links

• Moenkhausia heikoi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 1, 2016.
• Moenkhausia heikoi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.