Biology:Exostoma vinciguerrae

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Short description: Species of catfish

Exostoma vinciguerrae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Exostoma
Species:
E. vinciguerrae
Binomial name
Exostoma vinciguerrae
Regan, 1905

Exostoma vinciguerrae is a species of sisorid catfish from Myanmar and India. This species reaches a length of 3.6 cm (1.4 in).[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of physician-ichthyologist Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934).[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Exostoma vinciguerrae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes7/. 
  • Vishwanath, W. and H. Joyshree, 2007. A new Sisorid catfish of the genus Exostoma Blith from Manipur, India. Zoo's Print Journal 22(1):2531–2534.


Wikidata ☰ Q6432002 entry