Biology:Glanidium ribeiroi
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Short description: Species of driftwood catfish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Auchenipteridae |
| Genus: | Glanidium |
| Species: | G. ribeiroi
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| Glanidium ribeiroi Haseman, 1911
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Glanidium ribeiroi is a species of driftwood catfishes found in the Iguaçu River basin in South America. This species reaches a length of 22.0 cm (8.7 in).[1]
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of Brazilian ichthyologist-herpetologist Alípio de Miranda Ribeiro (1874-1939), who was Secretary of the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Glanidium ribeiroi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order SILURIFORMES: Families ASPREDINIDAE, DORADIDAE, AUCHENIPTERIDAE, CRANOGLANIDIDAE and ICTALURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes10/.
- Soares-Porto, L.M., 1998. Monophyly and interrelationships of the Centromochlinae (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae). p. 331-350. In L.R. Malabarba, R.E. Reis, R.P. Vari, Z.M.S. Lucena and C.A.S. Lucena (eds.) Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS.
Wikidata ☰ Q5576604 entry
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