Neoplecostomus selenae
Appearance
Neoplecostomus selenae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Neoplecostomus |
Species: | N. selenae
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Binomial name | |
Neoplecostomus selenae |
Neoplecostomus selenae is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 10.17 centimetres (4.00 in) SL.
The fish is named in honor of Selena Canhoto Zawadzki, Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki’s daughter.[1]
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neoplecostomus selenae". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.