Callichthys fabricioi
Callichthys fabricioi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Callichthyidae |
Genus: | Callichthys |
Species: | C. fabricioi
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Binomial name | |
Callichthys fabricioi , & , 1999
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Callichthys fabricioi is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Callichthyinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae. The fish will grow in length up to 12.5 centimetres (5 in) SL.[1] C. fabricioi is found in the trans-Andean upper Cauca River in the Magdalena River basin of Colombia.[2] Although described in 1999, two other cogener fish have since been discovered.
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Callichthys fabricioi" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Lehmann A., Pablo; Reis, Roberto E. (2004). Armbruster, J. W. (ed.). "Callichthys serralabium: A New Species of Neotropical Catfish from the Upper Orinoco and Negro Rivers (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae)". Copeia. 2004 (2): 336–343. doi:10.1643/CI-03-129R.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Callichthys
- Endemic fauna of Colombia
- Freshwater fish of Colombia
- Fish of the Andes
- Magdalena River
- Fish described in 1999
- Callichthyidae stubs