Pseudanos varii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anostomoidea

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 Superfamilia: Anostomoidea

Familia: Anostomidae
Genus: Pseudanos
Species: Pseudanos varii

Name

• Pseudanos varii Birindelli, Lima & Britski, 2012

Holotype: MZUSP 109800. Paratypes: MZUSP 74286; INPA 15247 (3); MZUSP 29163 (7), 29164 (4), 29168 (18), 31252 (1), 92336 (1), 93430 (2), 93461 (1); ANSP 192819 (2); ZUEC 6862 (2).

Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, Igarapé Sirinau, tributary of Rio Cuieiras (tributary of Rio Negro), ca. 2°42’S, 60°20’W.[1]

Etymology: The specific name honors Richard P. Vari, ichthyologist from the National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., in recognition of his vast, invaluable contribution to the knowledge of systematics of characiform fishes, particularly the anostomoid fishes.

References

• Birindelli, J.L.O.; Lima, F.C.T.; Britski, H.A. 2012: New species of Pseudanos Winterbottom, 1980 (Characiformes: Anostomidae), with notes on the taxonomy of P. gracilis and P. trimaculatus. Zootaxa 3425: 55–68. Preview Reference page.