Biology:Apomatoceros

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Apomatoceros
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Apomatoceros
Eigenmann, 1922
Species:
A. alleni
Binomial name
Apomatoceros alleni
Eigenmann, 1922

Apomatoceros is a genus of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, its sole representative species being Apomatoceros alleni.[1] This fish grows to about 14.6 centimetres (5.7 in) SL and originates from the Amazon River.[2] The specific name honours the collector of the type, zoologist William Ray Allen (1885-1955) of Indiana University.[3]

References

  1. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Apomatoceros alleni" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  3. "Order SILURIFORMES: Families DIPLOMYSTIDAE, CETOPSIDAE, TRICHOMYCTERIDAE and NEMATOGENYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 18 December 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes1/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3751835 entry