Moenkhausia tergimacula

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 tergimacula

Name

Moenkhausia tergimacula Lucena & Lucena, 1999

Holotype: MCP 20560. Paratypes: MCP 20287 (20, 2 c&s).

Type locality: Rio Tocantins, 3 kilometers downstream of Serra da Mesa Dam, 13°50'51"S, 48°16'60"W, Minaçu, Goiás, Brazil.

References

Primary references

• Lucena, Z.M.S. de & Lucena, C.A.S. de 1999. Moenkhausia tergimacula, a new species from the upper rio Tocantins, Brazil (Osteichthyes: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 10(3): 231–236. Reference page. 

Links

• Moenkhausia tergimacula in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 9, 2016.
• Moenkhausia tergimacula – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Moenkhausia tergimacula in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.