Moenkhausia megalops

Moenkhausia megalops

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 megalops

Name

Moenkhausia megalops (Eigenmann in Eigenmann & Ogle, 1907)

References

• Eigenmann. C.H. & Ogle, F. 1907. An annotated list of characin fishes in the United States National Museum and the Museum of Indiana University, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33 (no. 1556): 1–36. BHL Reference page. 
• Soares, I.M., de Azevedo-Santos, V.M. & Benine, R.C. 2017. Redescription of Moenkhausia megalops (Eigenmann, 1907), a widespread tetra from the Amazon basin (Characiformes, Characidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 255–264. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.10837 Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

português: Piaba