Cnesterodon pirai Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2009
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Cnesterodon pirai; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:22:08.341475+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cnesterodon pirai Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2009
- Name authority
- Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2009
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Genus
- Cnesterodon
- 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
- orderCyprinodontiformes
- familyPoeciliidae Bonaparte, 1831
- subfamilyPoeciliinae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusCnesterodon Garman, 1895
- speciesCnesterodon pirai Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2009
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cnesterodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns, 1842) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cnesterodon iguape Lucinda, 2005 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cnesterodon omorgmatos Lucinda & Garavello, 2001 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cnesterodon carnegiei Haseman, 1911 | PoeciliidaeChordata | 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.
- Aguilera, G.; Mirande, J. M.; Azpelicueta, M. d. I. M. (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. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.189488 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:WHW3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.