Biology:Glanapteryx

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Glanapteryx
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Glanapteryginae
Genus: Glanapteryx
Myers, 1927
Type species
Glanapteryx anguilla
Myers, 1927

Glanapteryx is a genus of catfishes native to South America.

Taxonomy

Glanapteryx is a monophyletic genus. Glanapteryx has been proposed as the sister group to a clade composed of Pygidianops and Typhlobelus, with Listrura the sister group to those three.[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Glanapteryx anguilla Myers, 1927
  • Glanapteryx niobium de Pinna, 1998

Distribution and habitat

G. anguilla originates from the Negro and Orinoco River basins of Brazil and Venezuela, growing to a length of about 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.[3] G. niobium reaches about 5.5 cm (2.2 in).[4] These species lack an anal fin.[1]

Glanapteryx anguilla has been found in small forest streams with sandy substrate covered by leaf litter.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Schaefer, Scott A.; Provenzano, Francisco; de Pinna, Mario; Baskin, Jonathan N. (November 29, 2005). "New and Noteworthy Venezuelan Glanapterygine Catfishes (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with Discussion of Their Biogeography and Psammophily". American Museum Novitates (3496): 1–27. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)496[0001:NANVGC2.0.CO;2]. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5665/1/N3496.pdf. 
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Glanapteryx in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Glanapteryx anguilla" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Glanapteryx niobium" in FishBase. July 2007 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q5020466 entry