Aphanotorulus gomesi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Aphanotorulus |
| Species: | A. gomesi
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| Aphanotorulus gomesi (Fowler, 1942)
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Aphanotorulus gomesi[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jaguaribe River basin. The species reaches 14.3 cm (5.6 inches) SL. It is thought to be a facultative air-breather.[2]
A. gomesi was originally described as Plecostomus iheringi by Henry Weed Fowler in 1941, although Fowler later invalidated this name in 1942, replacing it with Plecostomus gomesi to avoid confusion with Plecostomus iheringii (a species which is currently known as Hypostomus iheringii). It was transferred to the genus Squaliforma (now considered invalid) after the genus' designation by I. J. H. Isbrücker, I. Seidel, J. Michels, E. Schraml, and A. Werner in 2001.[3] In 2004, Jonathan W. Armbruster classified the species within Hypostomus instead of Squaliforma.[4] In 2016, following a review of Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus by C. Keith Ray and Armbruster (both of Auburn University), the species was reclassified as a member of Aphanotorulus, although FishBase still lists the species as Squaliforma gomesi.[4][2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor Alcides Lourenço Gomes (1916–1991) of the Estacão Experimental de Caça e Pesca in São Paulo, Brazil, who informed Fowler that the previous name for this fish, Plecostomus iheringi Fowler 1941 , is preoccupied by P. (=Hypostomus) iheringii Regan 1908 [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aphanotorulus gomesi (Fowler 1941) Fowler 1941". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Squaliforma gomesi". FishBase.
- ^ Isbrucker, I., Seidel, I., Michels, J., Schraml, E., & Werner, A. (2001). Diagnose vierzehn neuer Gattungen der Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Teleostei, Ostariophysi).
- ^ a b Ray, C. K., & Armbruster, J. W. (2016). The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4072(5), 501–539. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.5.1
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 August 2024.