Lepthoplosternum ucamara
Taxonavigation: Siluriformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Callichthyidae
Genus: Lepthoplosternum
Species: Lepthoplosternum ucamara
Name
[edit]Lepthoplosternum ucamara Reis & Kaefer, 2005
- Holotype: MUSM 23000.
- Paratypes: MCP 29316 (3, 1 c&s), 29318 (3, 1 c&s), 29329 (1), 29582 (1), 34560 (3); MUSM 23001 (2); UF 146222 (2).
Type locality: Small creek into cocho Zapote, tributary to Río Pacaya, 5°20'16"S, 74°29'10"W, Río Ucayali drainage, Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Loreto, Peru.
Etymology: named for Project Ucamara, funded by the U.S. National Sciences Foundation, conducted in Peru (1999-2004), and for the geological term “Ucamara depression,” describing the low-lying reaches of the Ucayali and Marañon rivers caused by subsidence in the Upper Amazon foreland basin, where this catfish occurs. (From The ETYFish project)
References
[edit]- Reis, R.E. & Kaefer, C.C. 2005. Two new species of the Neotropical catfish genus Lepthoplosternum (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Copeia 2005(4): 724–731. Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Lepthoplosternum ucamara in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
- Lepthoplosternum ucamara in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
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