Curculionichthys piracanjuba

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Otothyrinae
Genus: Curculionichthys

Species: Curculionichthys piracanjuba

Name

Curculionichthys piracanjuba (Martins & Langeani, 2012)

• Holotype: DZSJRP 10450.
• Paratypes: DZSJRP 10442 (1, 3), 13233 (15, 1 c&s), 14780 (7), 14781 (7); MCP 46837 (3); MZUSP 110491 (3); AMNH 255205 (3); MNRJ 39238 (3); MZUEL 5768 (3).

Type locality: Rio Paranaíba basin; unnamed stream tributary of rio Piracanjuba at GO-213 road from Morrinhos to Rio Quenta, right after the access to Água Limpa, upper rio Paraná system, 17°43'23"S, 48°57'47"W, Marcelândia County, Goiás State, Brazil.

Etymology: The specific epithet was given in reference to the rio Piracanjuba, the type locality drainage.

Synonyms

• Hisonotus piracanjuba Martins & Langeani, 2012

References

• Martins, F.O. & Langeani, F. 2012. Hisonotus piracanjuba, a new species of Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paranaíba, upper rio Paraná system, central Brazil. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 23(1): 29–36. Reference page. 
• Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Orrego, L.E. & Oliveira, C. 2015. Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). ZooKeys 534: 103–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.534.6169 Full article Reference page. 

Links

• Curculionichthys piracanjuba in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Curculionichthys piracanjuba in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.