Ituglanis boitata

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 boitata

Name

Ituglanis boitata Ferrer et al., 2015

• Holotype: UFRGS 18455.
• Paratypes: numerous.

Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul State, Maquiné, rio Maquiné at road RS–484 between Maquiné and São Francisco de Paula, rio Tramandaí basin, 29°31’26”S 50°18’56”W.

Etymology: From the indigenous language Tupi-Guarani “boi” (snake) and “tata” (fire) in reference to the orangish coloration and to the species swimming behavior that resembles a snake. “Boitata” snake is part of several fictitious tales in the Brazilian culture popularized in the Rio Grande do Sul State by the writer Simões Lopes Neto.

References

• Ferrer, J., Donin, L.M. & Malabarba, L.R. 2015. A new species of Ituglanis Costa & Bockmann, 1993 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) endemic to the Tramandaí–Mampituba ecoregion, southern Brazil. Zootaxa 4020(2): 375–389. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.2.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page.