Acanthicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Acanthicus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829

Etymology: from the Greek akanthikos (= thorny, spiny), named for the thorny lateral plates in the specimen of this genus.

Spix, J.B. von & Agassiz, L. 1829. Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annos MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I… colleget et pingendso curavit Dr J. B. de Spix… Monachii. Part 1: i–xvi + i–ii + 1–82, Pls. 1–48; Part 2: 83–138, Pls. 49–101. Reference page.

Chamon, C.C. 2016. Redescription of Acanthicus hystrix Agassiz, 1829 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with comments on the systematics and distribution of the genus. Zootaxa 4088(3): 395–408. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.5.Reference page.

Acanthicus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Acanthicus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.

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