Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Stevardiinae
Genus: Mimagoniates
Species: Mimagoniates microlepis

Name

Mimagoniates microlepis (Steindachner, 1877)

• Lectotype: NMW 56534.
  • Lectotype apparently selected by Menezes & Weitzman, 2009.
• Paralectotypes: NMW 56534:1 (1).

Type locality: Brooks near Rio de Janeiro, Rio dos Macacos, probably at Macacu, ca. 22°26'S, 42°49'W, Brazil.

Etymology: micro- (= small), and lepis (= scale), presumably referring to small scales, 44 along lateral line and 13-14 rows along the sides. (From The ETYFish project)

References

• Azevedo, M.A., Fialho, C.B. & Malabarba, L.R. 2016. Reproductive strategies in two inseminating species of Glandulocaudini, Mimagoniates microlepis and Mimagoniates rheocharis (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae). Journal of Fish Biology article first published online in January 13, 2016. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12876 Reference page. 
• Menezes, N.A. & Weitzman, S.H. 2009. Systematics of the Neotropical fish subfamily Glandulocaudinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 7(3): 295–370.PDF Reference page. 
• Steindachner, F. 1877. Die Süsswasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien (III). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 74(1): 559–694, Pls. 1–13. BHLReference page.