''Chinchaysuyoa ortegai'' is a species of

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in the family Ariidae. It is

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to freshwater bodies in northern

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. Specimens of this species were formerly classified as ''Hexanematichthys henni'' (now '' C. labiata'') until they were found to actually represent a new species in the

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Chinchaysuyoa ''Chinchaysuyoa'' is a genus of catfishes in the family Ariidae. They are found in freshwater habitats along the Pacific Coast of northern South America. This genus was named after Chinchay Suyu, the Incan name for the region that these fishes a ...

''.

References

Ariidae Fish described in 2019 Freshwater fish of Peru Endemic fauna of Peru {{Ariidae-stub