Microcambeva draco

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Loricarioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes Subordo: Loricarioidei

Familia: Trichomycteridae
Subfamilia: Microcambevinae
Genus: Microcambeva
Species: Microcambeva draco

Name

Microcambeva draco Mattos & Lima, 2010

Holotype: MCP 27796. Paratypes: MCP 17796 (1, c&s).

Type locality: Rio Jucuruçu basin, next to Itamaraju, 17°01'10"S, 39°34'57"N, Bahia State, Brazil.

Etymology: The name draco refers to the mythological creature dragon, in reference to the aspect of the head of the new species.

References

Primary references

• Mattos, J.L.O. & Lima, S.M.Q. 2010. Microcambeva draco, a new species from northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 21(3): 233–238. Reference page. 

Links

• Microcambeva draco in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Microcambeva draco in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.