Chinchaysuyoa ortegai

Chinchaysuyoa ortegai is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It is endemic to freshwater bodies in northern Peru. Specimens of this species were formerly classified as Hexanematichthys henni (now C. labiata) until they were found to actually represent a new species in the genus Chinchaysuyoa.[1]

Chinchaysuyoa ortegai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Chinchaysuyoa
Species:
C. ortegai
Binomial name
Chinchaysuyoa ortegai
Marceniuk, Marchena, Oliveira, and Betancur-R, 2019

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