Listrura costai

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: Microcambevinae
Genus: Listrura
Species: Listrura costai

Name

Listrura costai Villa-Verde, Lazzarotto & Lima, 2012

Holotype: MNRJ 31917. Paratypes: MNRJ 31535 (3), 31918 (5), 39620 (4); UFRJ 7214 (3), 7215 (4), 6577 (3).

Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State, Angra dos Reis Municipality, small unnamed stream close to the road RJ-155 (Angra-Lídice), rio Jurumirim basin, 22º55'24.7"S, 044º18'51.4"W. [1]

Etymology: The species epithet is given for Dr. Wilson J. E. M. Costa, in recognition of his significant contributions to Neotropical Ichthyology, including the study with trichomycterid catfishes.

References

• Villa-Verde, L., Lazzarotto, H. & Lima, S.M.Q. 2012. A new glanapterygine catfish of the genus Listrura (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from southeastern Brazil, corroborated by morphological and molecular data. Neotropical Ichthyology 10(3): 527–538. DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252012000300005, ResearchGate Reference page.