Phreatichthys andruzzii

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Barbinae
Genus: Phreatichthys
Species: Phreatichthys andruzzii

Name

Phreatichthys andruzzii Vinciguerra, 1924

Syntypes: MSNG 18259 (orig. 6, now 4), 31 [ex MSNM 4318] (1).

Type locality: A spring near Bud-Bud, 4°11.5'N, 46°30'E [actual 4°11'19"N, 46°28'21"E], Uaesle, Somalia.

Etymology: Specific epithet given in honor of Alcibiade Andruzzi, naval medical major and director of Colonial Health Service of Somalia, who facilitated natural history investigations for the Museo Civivo di Storie Naturale di Genova and shipped type specimens to Vinciguerra.(from The ETYFish Project)

References

Bisazza, A., Tagliapietra, C., Bertolucci, C., Foà, A. & Agrillo, C.; 2014: Non-visual numerical discrimination in a blind cavefish (Phreatichthys andruzzii). The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217: 1902–1909. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.101683Reference page.
Vinciguerra, D. 1924. Descrizione di un ciprinide cieco proveniente dalla Somalia Italiana. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria' 51: 239-243. Reference page.