Moenkhausia pyrophthalma

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 pyrophthalma

Name

Moenkhausia pyrophthalma Costa, 1994

Holotype: MNRJ 12431. Paratypes: MHNG 2542.18 (7), MNRJ 12432 (14), MZUSP 45290 (7), UFRJ 1292 (7), 1293 (4, c&s). Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:482.

Type locality: Stream crossing road between Agua Boa and Cocalinho, about 14°03'S, 51°47'W, Rio Araguaia-Tocantins basin, Brazil.

References

Primary references

• Costa, W.J.E.M. 1994. Description of two new species of the genus Moenkhausia (Characiformes: Characidae) from the central Brazil. Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 232 (no. 1–2): 21–29. Reference page. 
• Oyakawa, O.T. 1996. Catálogo dos tipos de peixes recentes do Museu de Zoologia da USP. I. Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia v. 39 (no. 23): 443–507. Reference page. 

Links

• Moenkhausia pyrophthalma in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 1, 2016.
• Moenkhausia pyrophthalma – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Moenkhausia pyrophthalma in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.