Orthospinus

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: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Genus: Orthospinus
Species: O. franciscensis
Name

Orthospinus Reis, 1989

Gender: masculine.

Type species: Buritia cisalpinoi Brant, 1974. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Buritia Brant 1974, preoccupied by Buritia Young, 1951 in Hemiptera.
References
Primary references

Reis, R.E. 1989. Systematic revision of the neotropical characid subfamily Stethaprioninae (Pisces, Characiformes). Comunicações do Museu de Ciências de PUCRS 2(6): 3–86. Reference page. [see page 42]
Brant, V. 1974. Ictiofauna de Minas Gerais. VII - Um novo serrasalmídeo do estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes). Arquivos do Museu de Historia Natural Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 1: 147–153. Reference page. [see page 148, Fig.]

Links

Orthospinus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 15, 2018.
Orthospinus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).