Metaloricaria nijsseni
Metaloricaria nijsseni is a species of armored catfish endemic to Suriname where it occurs in the Suriname, Saramacca, Nickerie and Corantijn River basins. This species grows to a length of 29.5 centimetres (11.6 in) SL.[1]
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
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| Species: | M. nijsseni |
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| Metaloricaria nijsseni Isbrücker, 1975 | |
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of Han Nijssen (1935-2013), of the Zoölogisch Museum.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Metaloricaria nijsseni" 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 24 February 2022.
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