Oxyropsis wrightiana
Oxyropsis wrightiana is a species of armored catfish (Loricariidae) native to Brazil, Colombia and Peru where it occurs in the Amazon basin. This species grows to a length of 5.6 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.
| Oxyropsis wrightiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Oxyropsis |
| Species: | O. wrightiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyropsis wrightiana C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 | |
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Named for Scottish-Canadian zoologist Robert Ramsay (misspelled Ramsey) Wright (1852-1933), “who has contributed more than any one else” to the knowledge of the anatomy of American catfishes".[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Oxyropsis wrightiana" 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 17 November 2018.
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