Trichomycterus minus

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
Genus: Trichomycterus
Species: Trichomycterus minus

Name

Trichomycterus minus Fernández & Vari, 2012

• Holotype: MCN 1528.
• Paratypes (9): MCN 1529 (8); USNM 405319 (1).

Type locality: Argentina, Provincia de Catamarca, Departamento Belén, Río Cuevas, 27°04'S, 66°39'W [1], 2318 m elevation.

Etymology: The specific name minus, in reference to the English word "mine", is in allusion to the mining activities common in the portion of the Province of Catamarca in which the species was captured.

References

• Fernández, L. & Vari, R.P. 2012: New Species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from the Andean Cordillera of Argentina and the Second Record of the Genus in Thermal Waters. Copeia 2012 (4): 631–636.