Taxonavigation

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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
Genus: Orthospinus
Species: O. franciscensis

Name

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Orthospinus Reis, 1989

Gender: masculine.

Type species: Buritia cisalpinoi Brant, 1974. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Buritia Brant 1974, preoccupied by Buritia Young, 1951 in Hemiptera.

References

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Primary references

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  • Reis, R.E. 1989. Systematic revision of the neotropical characid subfamily Stethaprioninae (Pisces, Characiformes). Comunicações do Museu de Ciências de PUCRS 2(6): 3–86. Reference page.  [see page 42]
  • Brant, V. 1974. Ictiofauna de Minas Gerais. VII - Um novo serrasalmídeo do estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes). Arquivos do Museu de Historia Natural Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 1: 147–153. Reference page.  [see page 148, Fig.]
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