Megaleporinus gaiero Birindelli, Britski & Ramirez, 2020
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
- Megaleporinus gaiero Birindelli, Britski & Ramirez, 2020
- Name authority
- Birindelli, Britski & Ramirez, 2020
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Anostomidae
- Genus
- Megaleporinus
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCharaciformes
- suborderCharacoidei
- familyAnostomidae Günther, 1864
- subfamilyLeporininae Eigenmann, 1912
- genusMegaleporinus Ramirez, Birindelli & Galetti, 2017
- speciesMegaleporinus gaiero Birindelli, Britski & Ramirez, 2020
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Megaleporinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Megaleporinus reinhardti (Lütken, 1875) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Megaleporinus conirostris (Steindachner, 1875) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Megaleporinus muyscorum (Steindachner, 1900) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Megaleporinus macrocephalus (Garavello & Britski, 1988) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Birindelli, J. L. O., Britski, H. A., & Ramirez, J. L. (2020). A new endangered species of Megaleporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Rio de Contas basin, eastern Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, 96. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14299 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:D5D8D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.