Ituglanis agreste

Taxonavigation

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: Trichomycteridae
Subfamilia: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Ituglanis
Species: Ituglanis agreste

Name

Ituglanis agreste Lima et al., 2013

• Holotype: MNRJ 40196.
• Paratypes: MNRJ 40197 (5); UFBA 7134 (5); UFRN 29 (6); MZUSP 102535 (6).

Type locality: Brazil, Bahia, municipality of Boa Nova; rio de Contas basin, rio Gongogi drainage, rio Tarugo, tributary of rio Uruba, 14º22’08.95”S, 40º11’45.33”W [1].

Etymology: The specific name agreste (from Latin agrestis, which means relative to land, field, wild, or rustic) refers to a semi-humid narrow strip parallel to the coast in northeastern Brazil, encompassing the area between the Rio Grande do Norte State to the middle section of rio de Contas basin in Bahia State (Forattini et al., 1981), that marks the transition between two distinct biomes, the Atlantic Forest and the semi-arid Caatinga (Prado, 2003), where the species was discovered.

References

• Forattini, O. P., Barata, J. M. S., Santos, J. L. F. & Silveira, A. C.; 1981: Hábitos Alimentares, Infecção Natural e Distribuição de Triatomíneos Domiciliados na Região Nordeste do Brasil. Revista de Saúde Pública de São Paulo, 15: 113–164.
• Lima, S. M. Q., Neves, C. P. & Campos-Paiva, R. M.; 2013: Ituglanis agreste, a new catfish from the rio de Contas basin, northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (3): 513–524.
• Prado, D. E.; 2003: As Caatingas da América do Sul. Pp. 3-73. In: Leal, I. L., Tabareli, M. & da Silva, J. M. C. (Eds.): Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga. EDUFPE, Recife, Brasil.