''Chinchaysuyoa'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

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 ...

es in the

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Ariidae The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species. Taxonomy ...

. They are found in freshwater habitats along the Pacific Coast of northern

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. This genus was named after Chinchay Suyu, the

Incan The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...

name for the region that these fishes are native to.

Species

There are currently two species in this genus: * '' Chinchaysuyoa labiata'' ( Boulenger, 1898) * '' Chinchaysuyoa ortegai'' ( Marceniuk,

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, Oliveira, Betancur-R, 2019)

References

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