Amaralia oviraptor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Aspredinidae
Genus: Amaralia
Species: Amaralia oviraptor

Name

Amaralia oviraptor Friel & Carvalho, 2016

• Holotype: MZUSP 4423 .
• Paratypes: ANSP 197190 (3 (1 c&s)); LBP 12968 (1); MNRJ 20329 (1), 27700 (1); MZUSP 36383 (1), 41099 (1), 49024 (2), 59635 (1); NRM 15916 (1), 15917 (1), 33073 (2); UMMZ 206795 (1), 207818 (3 (1 c&s)), 216543 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Santo Antônio do Leverger municipality, rio Cuiabá, 15°52'S 56°05'W.

Etymology: The epithet oviraptor is a combination of the Latin ovum (ovi), meaning egg; and raptor, a robber or plunderer, commonly used term for a predator, here referring to the peculiar dietary preferences observed in this species.

References

Primary references

• Friel, J.P. & Carvalho, T.P. 2016. A new species of Amaralia Fowler (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Paraná-Paraguay River Basin. Zootaxa 4088(4): 531–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.4.4. Reference page.