Sternarchorhynchus mendesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes

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: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Apteronotidae
Genus: Sternarchorhynchus
Species: Sternarchorhynchus mendesi

Name

Sternarchorhynchus mendesi de Santana & Vari, 2010: 320.

Holotype: MCNG 29129. [Paratypes: MCNG 55850, (1) (formerly MCNG 29129, in part); INHS 31374, (3); INHS 31453, (1); MCNG 29194, (1); MCNG 29166, (1)].

Type locality: Venezuela. Monagas: Department of Maturín, Morichal Largo, Río Guanipa, 5 km south of Aguasay (9° 25′ N, 63° 44′ W).

Etymology: The species name mendesi is in honour of George Nilson Mendes of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.

References

• de Santana, C. D. & Vari, R. P. 2010: Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159 (1): 223–371.