Pseudanos varii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anostomoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
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. 
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