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Glanidium ribeiroi

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Glanidium ribeiroi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Genus: Glanidium
Species:
G. ribeiroi
Binomial name
Glanidium ribeiroi
Haseman, 1911
Synonyms
  • Glanidium riberoi Haseman, 1911

Glanidium ribeiroi is a species of driftwood catfish in the family Auchenipteridae. It is found in the Iguaçu River basin in South America.

Description

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Glanidium ribeiroi reaches a standard length of 22.0 cm (8.7 in).[2]

Etymology

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The catfish is named in honor of Brazilian ichthyologist-herpetologist Alípio de Miranda Ribeiro (1874-1939), who was Secretary of the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Glanidium ribeiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T186592A1815437. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186592A1815437.pt. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Glanidium ribeiroi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families ASPREDINIDAE, DORADIDAE, AUCHENIPTERIDAE, CRANOGLANIDIDAE and ICTALURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  • Soares-Porto, L.M., 1998. Monophyly and interrelationships of the Centromochlinae (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae). p. 331-350. In L.R. Malabarba, R.E. Reis, R.P. Vari, Z.M.S. Lucena and C.A.S. Lucena (eds.) Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS.