Tometes ancylorhynchus

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: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Tometes
Species: Tometes ancylorhynchus

Name

Tometes ancylorhynchus Andrade et al., (in press)

Holotype: MPEG 31014.
Paratypes: GEA 1949 (1); INPA 11742 (1 c&s), 46974 (1), 46975 (1); IRSNB 888 (6); LIA 2306 (1); MNHN 1999-1168 (2); MPEG 31015 (7), 31016 (1), 31017 (1); MZUSP 107404 (1); ZUEC 10023 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Vitória do Xingu, Rio Xingu, Cachoeira do Jericoá, 3° 21′ 52.3" S; 51° 44′ 02.7" W.

Etymology: The species epithet ancylorhynchus is an appositive from the Greek ancylo (= curved) and rhynchus (= beak, snout or rostrum), an allusion to the shape of the snout, which is relatively short and curved, resembling a curved parrot beak.

References

Andrade, M.C., Jégu, M. & Giarrizzo, T. 2016. Tometes kranponhah and Tometes ancylorhynchus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), two new phytophagous serrasalmids, and the first Tometes species described from the Brazilian Shield. Journal of Fish Biology 89(1): 467–494. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12868 Reference page.

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