Taxonavigation: Characiformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Series: Otophysi
Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Protocheirodon

Species: Protocheirodon pi

Name

Protocheirodon pi (Vari, 1978)

  • Holotype: AMNH 35952.
  • Paratypes: AMNH 35953 (3, 1 c&s); BMNH 1977.6.9.138 (1).

Type locality: Lagoon along Río Mamoré, 10 kilometers west of San Pedro, Dept. Beni, Bolivia, 14°21'01.7"S, 64°59'40"W.

Etymology: pi is referring to shape of swimbladder, which is formed like the Greek letter π. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

References

  • Vari, R.P. 1978. The genus Leptagoniates (Pisces: Characoidei) with a description of a new species from Bolivia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91(1): 184-190. BHL Reference page. 
  • Vari, R.P., Melo, B.F. & Oliveira, C. 2016. Protocheirodon, a new genus of Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) with the redescription of the poorly known Protocheirodon pi. Neotropical Ichthyology 14(2): e150154. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150154 Reference page. 
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