Rhizosomichthys totae

Taxobox
name = "Rhizosomichthys totae"
status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=World Conservation Monitoring Centre|year=1996|id=19661|title=Rhizosomichthys totae|downloaded=14 July 2007]


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Trichomycteridae
subfamilia = Trichomycterinae
genus = "Rhizosomichthys"
genus_authority = Miles, 1943
species = "R. totae"
binomial = "Rhizosomichthys totae"
binomial_authority = (Miles, 1942)
synonyms = Of "Rhizosomichthys"
*"Bathophilus"
Miles, 1942
*"Bathypygidium"
Whitley, 1947Of "Rhizosomichthys totae"
*"Pygidium totae"
Miles, 1942

"Rhizosomichthys totae" (sometimes known as Greasefish [Gene S. Helfman: Fish Conservation: A Guide to Understanding and Restoring Global Aquatic Biodiversity and Fishery Resources Island Press, 2007ISBN 1559635967] in English) is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus "Rhizosomichthys". [cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF] This fish grows to about 13.8 centimetres (5.4 in) and originates from the Lake Tota basin.FishBase species|genus=Rhizosomichthys|species=totae|year=2007|month=July] It is listed as an extinct species by the IUCN Red List.

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