Otothyropsis biamnicus

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: Otothyrinae
Genus: Otothyropsis
Species: Otothyropsis biamnicus

Name

Otothyropsis biamnicus Calegari et al., 2013

• Holotype: MCP female ♀. 47288. 26.III.2012. leg. A. Costa and D. Garcia.
• Paratypes: MCP 47289 (4), 39531 (5, 2 c&s), 22602 (3), 37164 (5, 1 c&s), 45755 (1); MZUEL 6122 (7); UFRGS 11498 (16, 2 c&s), 11495 (7, 1 c&s), 11434 (1), 11464 (4).

Type locality: Brazil, Paraná State, Telêmaco Borba, ribeirão Harmonia, tributary to rio Tibagi basin, rio Paraná drainage, 24°18'19"S, 50°36'23"W [1].

Etymology: The specific name is a combination of the Latin bi (= two), and amnicus (= inhabitant of a river), in allusion to the fact that the species is distributed in both the Iguaçu and Tibagi basins.

References

• Calegari, B.B.; Pablo, L.A.; Reis, R.E. 2013: Two new species of cascudinhos of the genus Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Rio Paraná Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 3619(2): 130–144. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.2.2 Reference page.