Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Otothyrinae
Genus: Curculionichthys

Species: Curculionichthys oliveirai

Name

Curculionichthys oliveirai (Roxo et al., 2014)

• Holotype: MZUSP 115061.
• Paratypes: DZSJRP 18244 (3); LBP 7358 (2), 13332 (1, 1 c&s), 13333 (1, 1), 13334 (1), 13335 (1), 14917 (2, 4), 17578 (2, 3); MCP 47860 (1, 1); NUP 3578 (8, 7 (2 c&s)), 7065 (1, 1, 1),9839 (1, 1, 1c&s), 15614 (3, 7); ZUEC 8006 (2); ZMA 250.056 (1, 1).

Type locality: Paraná State, boundary between municipalities of Cambira and Apucarana, ribeirão Cambira, affluent of rio Ivaí, upper rio Pananá basin, 23°38'54"S, 51°29"58"W., Brazil.

Etymology: The specific epithet oliveirai is a patronym honoring professor Claudio Oliveira from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo State, in recognition of his dedication and contributions to the studies of Neotropical freshwater fishes.

References

• Roxo, F.F.; Zawadzki, C.H.; Troy, W.P. 2014: Description of two new species of Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Ostariophysi, Loricariidae) from the rio Paraná-Paraguay basin, Brazil. ZooKeys 395: 57-78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.395.6910 Reference page. 

• Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Orrego, L.E. & Oliveira, C. 2015. Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). ZooKeys 534: 103–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.534.6169 Full article Reference page.