Trichomycterus diatropoporos

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

Familia: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Trichomycterus
Species: Trichomycterus diatropoporos

Name

Trichomycterus diatropoporos Ferrer & Malabarba, 2013

Holotype: MCP 46947.
Paratypes: MCP 35050 (8), 40933 (2, c&s), 22789 (2), 40940 (2); MCN 18928 (5); UFRGS 16237 (1, c&s), 16238 (4, 1c&s).

Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul State, municipality of Nova Prata, rio da Prata on Passo do Despraiado, 28º38’04”S, 51º36’53”W.

Etymology: The specific name is a combination from the Greek diatropos (= variable), and poros (= pore), in reference to the variation in the presence of pores i1 and i3 of infraorbital sensory canal of the species.

References

Ferrer, J. & Malabarba, L. R.; 2013: Taxonomic review of the genus Trichomycterus Valenciennes (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the laguna dos Patos system, Southern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 217–246.

Trichomycterus diatropoporos in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

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