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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Lampiella Isbrücker, 2001 |
| Species: | L. gibbosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Lampiella gibbosa (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908) | |
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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
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Lampiella gibbosa" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- 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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