Pachypanchax varatraza

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei 

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: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Pachypanchax
Species: Pachypanchax varatraza

Name

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Pachypanchax varatraza Loiselle, 2006

Holotype: AMNH 235858. Paratypes: AMNH 211333 (7), 231244 (8), 235519 (1).

Type locality: Mahazava Creek at village of same name, 13°52'97"S, 49°56'22"E, Ampanobe drainage, Madagascar, elevation 30 meters.

Type catalog: Fricke et al. 2018:108

Etymology: varatraza is the Malagasy word for the east wind. The name acknowledges the unanticipated presence of a Pachypanchax species in rivers draining the eastern slope of the Tsaratanana Massif in northern Madgaskar, and is to be treated as a noun in apposition.

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Additional references

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  • Fricke, R., Mahafina, J., Behivoke, F., Jaonalison, H., Léopold, M. & Ponton, D. 2018. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Madagascar, southwestern Indian Ocean, with 158 new records. FishTaxa v. 3 (no. 1): 1–432 [see page 108.] ResearchGate (with PDF link.)  
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