Cnesterodon pirai explained

Cnesterodon pirai, the Almeida toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid that is only know from its type locality, the arroyo Almeida, an affluent of the arroyo Cuñá-Pirú, in the Río Paraná basin, Aristóbulo del Valle, Misiones in Argentina.[1]

Length

This species reaches a length of 2.8cm (01.1inches) TL.

Etymology

The species name meaning is pirá, a Guarani word for fish and the í diminutive, referring to the small size of the fishes in this genus.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Aguilera . G. . J.M. . Mirande . M.d.I.M. . Azpelicueta . 2009 . A new species of Cnesterodon (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from a small tributary of arroyo Cuñá-Pirú, río Paraná basin, Misiones, Argentina . Zootaxa . 2195 . 34–42 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2195.1.2. 11336/78051 . free .
  2. Web site: Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE . 14 July 2024 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.

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