Lampiella

Lampiella gibbosa is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Ribeira de Iguape River basin. This species is the only recognized member of its genus. This species grows to a length of 5.0 centimetres (2.0 in) TL.

Lampiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Lampiella
Isbrücker, 2001
Species:
L. gibbosa
Binomial name
Lampiella gibbosa
Synonyms
  • Otocinclus gibbosus Miranda Ribeiro, 1908

The genus Lampiella Isbrücker 2001 was named in honor of Isbrücker’s grandmother, Céline Lampie (1886-1943), who was murdered at the German extermination camp in Sobibor, Poland, She was “a small woman with a small humpback” (translation), alluding to the humpbacked shape of Lampiella gibbosa.[1]


References

  1. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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