Biology:Niobichthys ferrarisi

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Niobichthys ferrarisi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Niobichthys
Schaefer & Provenzano, 1998
Species:
N. ferrarisi
Binomial name
Niobichthys ferrarisi
Schaefer & Provenzano-Rizzi, 1998

Niobichthys ferrarisi is the only species of the monotypic genus Niobichthys of loricariid catfish (order Siluriformes).[1] N. ferrarisi is classified in the tribe Hypoptopomatini within the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae.[2] This fish reaches a length of 7.0 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This species is endemic to Venezuela and occurs in the upper Baria River and the Rio Negro basin.[3]

The fish is named in honor of Carl Ferraris, Jr. (b. 1950), co-discoverer of this species and participant in the 1984 South American expedition to the type locality of the fish.[4]


References

Wikidata ☰ Q3760754 entry