''Metaloricaria nijsseni'' is a species of

armored catfish Armoured catfish may refer to: *Family Loricariidae: The armoured suckermouth catfish, also known as suckermouth catfish, armoured catfish or simply 'plecs' or 'plecos' *Family Callichthyidae: armoured catfish, includes the genera **''Corydoras'', ...

endemic to

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

where it occurs in the

, Saramacca, Nickerie and Corantijn River basins. This species grows to a length of SL.

Etymology

The catfish is named in honor of

Han Nijssen Han Nijssen (1935– 2013)H. Nijssen, 1935 -
at the UvA Album academicum was a Dutch Zoölogisch Museum.

References

Harttiini Taxa named by Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker Fish described in 1975 Fish of Suriname Endemic fauna of Suriname {{Loricariidae-stub