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Curculionichthys Sabaji
''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. 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 ''Hisonotus'' is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America. Species of ''Hisonotus'' and ''Curculionichthys'' are the only representatives of the subfamily Otothyrinae having serrae on the posterior edge of the pectoral fin spine. T ...''.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. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.534.6169 References Loricariidae Fish described in 2015 {{Loricariidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catfish
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), and even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the candiru, ''Vandellia cirrhosa''. Neither the armour-plated types nor the naked types have scales. Despite their name, not all catfish have prominent barbels or "whiskers". Members of the Siluriformes order are defined by features of the skull and swimbladder. Catfish are of considerable commercial importance; many of the larger species are farmed or fished for food. Many of the smaller species, particularly the genus ''Corydoras'', are important in the aquarium hobby. Many catfish are nocturnal, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loricariidae
The Loricariidae is the largest family of catfish (order Siluriformes), with 92 genera and just over 680 species. Loricariids originate from freshwater habitats of Costa Rica, Panama, and tropical and subtropical South America. These fish are noted for the bony plates covering their bodies and their suckermouths. Several genera are sold as " plecos", notably the suckermouth catfish, ''Hypostomus plecostomus'', and are popular as aquarium fish. Common names Members of the family Loricariidae are commonly referred to as loricariids, suckermouth armoured catfishes, or armoured catfish. The name "plecostomus", and its shortened forms "pleco" and "plec", are used for many Loricariidae, since ''Plecostomus plecostomus'' (now called ''Hypostomus plecostomus'') was one of the first loricariid species imported for the fish-keeping hobby. Some loricariids are not normally considered "plecostomus", such as ''Farlowella'' catfish. In their native range, these fish are known as ''cascudos'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xingu River
The Xingu River ( ; pt, Rio Xingu, ; Mẽbêngôkre: ''Byti'', ) is a river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, accounting for about 5% of its water. __TOC__ Description and history The first Indigenous Park in Brazil was created in the river basin by the Brazilian government in the early 1960s. This park marks the first indigenous territory recognized by the Brazilian government and it was the world's largest indigenous preserve on the date of its creation. Currently, fourteen tribes live within Xingu Indigenous Park, surviving on natural resources and extracting from the river most of what they need for food and water. The Brazilian government is building the Belo Monte Dam, which will be the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam, on the Lower Xingu. Construction of this dam is under legal challenge by environment and indigenous groups, who assert the dam would have negative enviro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curculionichthys
''Curculionichthys'' is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * '' Curculionichthys coxipone'' Roxo, G. S. C. Silva, L. E. Ochoa & C. de Oliveira, 2015 Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Ochoa, L.E. & Oliveira, C. (2015)Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae).''ZooKeys, 534: 103-134.'' * '' Curculionichthys insperatus'' ( Britski & Garavello, 2003) * '' Curculionichthys karipuna'' G. S. C. Silva, Roxo, B. F. de Melo & C. de Oliveira, 2016 Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F., Melo, B.F. & Oliveira, C. (2016): New species of ''Curculionichthys'' (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield. ''Zootaxa, 4175 (3): 281–291.'' * '' Curculionichthys luteofrenatus'' ( Britski & Garavello, 2007) * '' Curculionichthys oliveirai'' ( Roxo, Zawadzki & Troy, 2014) Roxo, F.F., Zawadzki, C.H. & Troy, W.P. (2014)Description of two new species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisonotus
''Hisonotus'' is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America. Species of ''Hisonotus'' and ''Curculionichthys'' are the only representatives of the subfamily Otothyrinae having serrae on the posterior edge of the pectoral fin spine. These species are small fishes, generally found in small fast flowing streams, where they grasp to the branches and leaves of aquatic or subaquatic plants. The species of this genus mostly occur in Atlantic coastal streams of southern Brazil and the Paraguay- Paraná system of southern South America. They are also distributed in the Río de La Plata basin and coastal rivers of southeastern Brazil. Taxonomy ''Hisonotus'' and '' Microlepidogaster'' have, until recently, been considered as synonymous, although they are now recognized as separate and valid taxa. In the most recent phylogenetic hypotheses, both ''Hisonotus'' and ''Parotocinclus'' are relatively basal taxa within the Otothyrini clade. Species There are currently 34 recognized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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