Niobichthys ferrarisi

Niobichthys ferrarisi
Niobichthys ferrarisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Tribe: Hypoptopomatini
Genus: Niobichthys
Schaefer and Provenzano R., 1998
Species: N. ferrarisi
Binomial name
Niobichthys ferrarisi
Schaefer and Provenzano R., 1998

Niobichthys ferrarisi is the only species of the monotypic genus Niobichthys of loricariid catfish (order Siluriformes).[1] N. ferrarisi is classified in the tribe Hypoptopomatini within the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae.[2] This fish reaches about 7 centimetres (3 in) SL and originates from the upper Baria River and the Rio Negro basin.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Niobichthys ferrarisi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=679940. Retrieved June 2007. 
  2. ^ Armbruster, Jonathan W.. "Loricariid species". http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/res_area/loricariid/fish_key/loricariid_species.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-01. 
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Niobichthys ferrarisi" in FishBase. June 2007 version.


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