Theriodes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidea
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: Cypriniformes Superfamilia: Cobitoidea

Familia: Cobitidae
Genus: Theriodes
Species: T. sandakanensis

Name

Theriodes Kottelat, 2012

Type species: Acanthophthalmus sandakanensis Inger & Chin, 1962

Etymology: Named after Theriodes Kolpos (or Theriodis Sinus in Latin, the Bay of the Beasts), a place name in Ptolemy's (ca. 90–168) Geographikê Hyphêgêsis, Geography. It has been identified by some as possibly Borneo.

References

Kottelat, M. 2012. Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 26(Supplement 26): 1–199. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

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