Whiptail catfish
| Whiptail catfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Tribe: | Loricariini |
| Genus: | Dasyloricaria |
| Species: | D. filamentosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyloricaria filamentosa (Steindachner, 1878) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dasyloricaria seminuda Eigenmann & Vance, 1912 | |
Whiptail catfish (Dasyloricaria filamentosa) is a species of armored catfish endemic to Colombia where it is found in the Magdalena River basin and is suspected to also occur in the Catatumbo River. This species grows to a length of 26 centimetres (10 in) SL. D. filamentosa is found in the aquarium trade.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Dasyloricaria filamentosa" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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