Curculionichthys oliveirai

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 oliveirai

Name

Curculionichthys oliveirai (Roxo et al., 2014)

• Holotype: MZUSP 115061.
• Paratypes: DZSJRP 18244 (3); LBP 7358 (2), 13332 (1, 1 c&s), 13333 (1, 1), 13334 (1), 13335 (1), 14917 (2, 4), 17578 (2, 3); MCP 47860 (1, 1); NUP 3578 (8, 7 (2 c&s)), 7065 (1, 1, 1),9839 (1, 1, 1c&s), 15614 (3, 7); ZUEC 8006 (2); ZMA 250.056 (1, 1).

Type locality: Paraná State, boundary between municipalities of Cambira and Apucarana, ribeirão Cambira, affluent of rio Ivaí, upper rio Pananá basin, 23°38'54"S, 51°29"58"W., Brazil.

Etymology: The specific epithet oliveirai is a patronym honoring professor Claudio Oliveira from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo State, in recognition of his dedication and contributions to the studies of Neotropical freshwater fishes.

Synonyms

• Hisonotus oliveirai Roxo et al., 2014

References

• Roxo, F.F., Zawadzki, C.H. & Troy, W.P. 2014. Description of two new species of Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Ostariophysi, Loricariidae) from the rio Paraná-Paraguay basin, Brazil. ZooKeys 395: 57–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.395.6910 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.