Loricaria luciae

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: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Loricariinae
Tribus: Loricariini
Genus: Loricaria
Species: Loricaria luciae

Name

Loricaria luciae Thomas et al., 2013

Holotype: ANSP 182408. Paratypes: 83.

Type locality: Argentina, Paraná basin, Corrientes Province, Rio Paraná (left bank) at private park (Club San Martin) near town of Perichon, N of Rt. 12, NE of Corrientes, 27°25’6.94"S, 58°45’27.47"W. Google Maps.

Etymology: The species is named in honor of Dr. Lúcia H. Rapp Py-Daniel, Curator of Fishes at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, for her many contributions Neotropical ichthyology, particularly loricariid taxonomy and systematics.

References

• Thomas, M.R., Rodriguez, M.S., Cavallaro, M.R., Froehlich, O. & Castro, R.M.C. 2013. Loricaria luciae, a new species of whiptail catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay and lower Paraná River basins of southeastern South America. Zootaxa 3745(3): 365–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.4 Reference page.