Moenkhausia parecis

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 parecis

Name

Moenkhausia parecis Ohara & Marinho, 2016

• Holotype: MZUSP 116070.
• Paratypes: ANSP 198235 (5); INPA 46708 (10); MCP 48398 (10); MZUEL 11836 (7); MZUSP 116071 (57 (4 c&s), 115509 (47), 116072 (9), 117066 (8); UFRO-I 22721 (84), 22906 (7).

Type locality: Brazil, Rondônia, Vilhena, rio Madeira basin, upper rio Machado, tributary of igarapé Piracolina, near road BR 364, 12°48’56.5”S, 60°06’37.6”W.

Etymology: The specific name parecis refers to the Chapada dos Parecis (plateau including the type locality), an important watershed that separates tributaries of three basins: rio Madeira, rio Tapajós and rio Paraguai.

References

• Ohara, W.M. & Marinho, M.M.F. 2016. A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Machado at Chapada dos Parecis, rio Madeira basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 14(1): e150041 (pp. 37–44). DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150041 Reference page.