Astroblepus riberae
Astroblepus riberae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Astroblepidae |
Genus: | Astroblepus |
Species: | A. riberae
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Binomial name | |
Astroblepus riberae ( & , 1994)
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Astroblepus riberae is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. This cavefish is endemic to the Cajamarca region in Peru.[1][2]
Named in honor of , University of Barcelona, a specialist in cavernicolous spiders, who collected the type specimen from Ninabamba caves in Peru.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Astroblepus riberae". FishBase. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Romero, A. (2001). The biology of hypogean fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. Springer Netherlands. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-4020-0076-8.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
Bibliography[]
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
Categories:
- Astroblepus
- Fish described in 1994
- Cave fish
- Freshwater fish of Peru
- Siluriformes stubs