Lepthoplosternum ucamara

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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: Callichthyidae
Genus: Lepthoplosternum
Species: Lepthoplosternum ucamara

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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)

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