Goeldiella eques

Goeldiella eques
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Goeldiella
C. H. Eigenmann & A. A. Norris, 1900
Species: G. eques
Binomial name
Goeldiella eques
(J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849)

Goeldiella eques is a species of three-barbeled catfish that occurs in the Guianas and the Amazon basin of Brazil, Peru and Venezuela.[1] This fish reaches a length of 28.9 centimetres (11.4 in) SL.[1] It is the only species of its genus.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Goeldiella eques" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
  2. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, December 22, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.