Biology:Curculionichthys sabaji

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Short description: Species of Actinopterygii

Curculionichthys sabaji
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Curculionichthys
Species:
C. sabaji
Binomial name
Curculionichthys sabaji
Roxo, Silva, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2015

Curculionichthys sabaji is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to the Xingu River basin in Brazil . The species reaches 2.4 cm (0.9 inches) SL.[1] It was described in 2015 by Fábio Fernandes Roxo, Gabriel Souza da Costa e Silva, Luz E. Orrego, and Claudio Oliveira, alongside the description of the genus Curculionichthys to include several species formerly classified in the genus Hisonotus.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds (2021). "Curculionichthys sabaji". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Curculionichthys-sabaji.html. 
  2. Roxo FF, Silva GSC, Ochoa LA, Oliveira C (2015) Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). ZooKeys 534: 103-134. doi:10.3897/zookeys.534.6169

Wikidata ☰ Q22106374 entry