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Planaltina kaingang Deprá, da Graça, Pavanelli, Avelino & Oliveira, 2018

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Planaltina kaingang Deprá, da Graça, Pavanelli, Avelino & Oliveira, 2018
Name authority
Deprá, da Graça, Pavanelli, Avelino & Oliveira, 2018
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Characiformes
Family
Stevardiidae
Genus
Planaltina
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCharaciformes
  11. suborderCharacoidei
  12. familyStevardiidae Gill, 1858
  13. subfamilyPlanaltininae Oliveira & Souza, 2024
  14. genusPlanaltina Böhlke, 1954
  15. speciesPlanaltina kaingang Deprá, da Graça, Pavanelli, Avelino & Oliveira, 2018

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Planaltina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Planaltina myersi Böhlke, 1954StevardiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Planaltina britskii Menezes, Weitzman & Burns, 2003StevardiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Planaltina glandipedis Menezes, Weitzman & Burns, 2003StevardiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 236 records assigned to Stevardiidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Deprá, G. D. C., Graça, W. J. D., Pavanelli, C. S., Avelino, G. S., & Oliveira, C. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Planaltina Böhlke (Characidae: Stevardiinae) and comments on the definition and geographic distribution of the genus, with description of a new species. Plos One, 13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196291 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:D5D4J. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.