Astyanax pirabitira

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
Genus: Astyanax
Species: Astyanax pirabitira

Name

Astyanax pirabitira Lucena et al., 2013

• Holotype: MCP 47707.
• Paratypes: MCN 19725 (12); MCP 14390 (256), 22796 (3), 25654 (37), 25655 (5), 26768 (37); UFRGS 4860 (57), 4861 (194), 4883 (19).

Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, border between Cambará do Sul and Bom Jesus, rio das Antas, rio Jacuí drainage, laguna dos Patos system, ca. 28º50’S, 50º06’W [1].

Etymology: The specific name pirabitira, from Tupi-Guarani, means mountain fish (pira = fish, and ybytyra = mountain). It is a reference to the occurrence of the species in altitudes higher than 800 m.

References

• De Lucena, C.A.S., Bertaco, V.A. & Berbigier, G. 2013. A new species of Astyanax from headwater streams of southern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa 3700(2): 226–236. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.2.2 Reference page.