Eurycheilichthys pantherinus
Eurycheilichthys pantherinus - first record from Argentina
| Eurycheilichthys pantherinus | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypoptopomatinae |
| Tribe: | Otothyrini |
| Genus: | Eurycheilichthys |
| Species: | E. pantherinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurycheilichthys pantherinus (Reis & Schaefer, 1992) | |
Eurycheilichthys pantherinus is a species of armored catfish from the upper and middle Uruguay River basin in Brazil and Argentina. It inhabits shady, fast-flowing, shallow water, ranging from approximately 200–500 metres in elevation. The substratum is predominantly stones, with little or no macrophytes.[1] This species grows to a length of 4.2 centimetres (1.7 in) SL.[2]
References
- ↑ Reis, Roberto E.; Schaefer, Scott A. (1992). "Eurycheilus pantherinus (Siluroidei: Loricariidae), a New Genus and Species of Hypoptopomatinae from Southern Brazil". Copeia 1992 (1): 215–223. doi:10.2307/1446554. JSTOR 1446554.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Eurycheilichthys pantherinus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ↑ Azpelicueta, M. & S. Koerber (2014): First record of the hypoptopomatine genus Eurycheilichthys Reis & Schaefer, 1993 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Argentina. Checklist 10 (5): 1210-1212
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