Biology:Curculionichthys coxipone

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Curculionichthys coxipone
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Curculionichthys
Species:
C. coxipone
Binomial name
Curculionichthys coxipone
Roxo, Silva, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2015

Curculionichthys coxipone is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the drainage basins of the Cuiabá River and the Paraguay River. It reaches 3 cm (1.2 inches) SL.[1] The species was described in 2015 by Fábio Fernandes Roxo, Gabriel Souza da Costa e Silva, Luz E. Orrego, and Claudio Oliveira, alongside the description of the genus Curculionichthys to include several species formerly classified in the genus Hisonotus.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds (2021). "Curculionichthys coxipone". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Curculionichthys-coxipone. 
  2. Roxo FF, Silva GSC, Ochoa LA, Oliveira C (2015) Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). ZooKeys 534: 103-134. doi:10.3897/zookeys.534.6169

Wikidata ☰ Q22106256 entry