Taunayia bifasciata

Taunayia bifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Heptapteridae
Genus:	Taunayia Miranda Ribeiro, 1918
Species:	T. bifasciata
Binomial name
Taunayia bifasciata (Eigenmann & Norris, 1900)
Synonyms
Nannoglanis bifasciatus Eigenmann & Norris, 1900 Taunayia marginata Miranda Ribeiro, 1918

Taunayia bifasciata is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Taunayia of the family Heptapteridae.^[1] Another undescribed species of this genus is known.^[2] T. bifasciata originates from the Upper Paraíba do Sul and Tietê River basins of Brazil.^[1] This fish is known to grow to about 14.0 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
2. ^ Trajano, E.; Menna-Barreto, L. (2000). "Locomotor Activity Rhythms in Cave Catfishes, Genus Taunayia, from Eastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Heptapterinae)". Biological Rhythm Research 31 (4): 469–480. doi:10.1076/0929-1016(200010)31:4;1-2;FT469. 
3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Taunayia bifasciata" in FishBase. Oct 2008 version.