Hisonotus vespuccii
| Hisonotus vespuccii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hisonotus |
| Species: | H. vespuccii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hisonotus vespuccii Roxo, Silva & Oliveira, 2015
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Hisonotus vespuccii is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater species native to South America where it occurs in the São Francisco River and three of its tributaries: the Das Velhas River, the Paraopeba River, and the Formoso River. It is found in areas with marginal vegetation and reaches 3.6 cm (1.4 in) SL. The species was named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Hisonotus vespuccii". FishBase.
- ^ Roxo, Fábio F.; Silva, Gabriel S. C.; Oliveira, Claudio (2015-04-21). "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from rio São Francisco basin, Brazil". ZooKeys (498): 127–143. doi:10.3897/zookeys.498.6896. PMC 4410152. PMID 25931967.