Aphanotorulus unicolor
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Aphanotorulus |
Species: | A. unicolor
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Binomial name | |
Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908)
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Aphanotorulus unicolor[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Amazon River basin. The species reaches 13.9 cm (5.5 inches) SL.[2]
A. unicolor was originally described as Plecostomus unicolor by Franz Steindachner in 1908. It was subsequently listed as a member of Aphanotorulus 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 Aphanotorulus.[4] In 2016, following a review of Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus by C. Keith Ray and Armbruster (both of Auburn University), the species was transferred once again to Aphanotorulus.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Aphanotorulus unicolor". 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. Keith; Armbruster, Jonathan W. (February 4, 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. PMID 27395943.