Kronichthys heylandi
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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| Kronichthys heylandi (Boulenger, 1900)
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Kronichthys heylandi is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil where it occurs in coastal streams between Santos and Rio de Janeiro. This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.
The fish is named in honor of civil engineer (1849-1944), who collected the type specimen and presented the specimen to the British Museum to be described.[1]
References[]
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Kronichthys heylandi" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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Categories:
- Loricariidae
- Catfish of South America
- Endemic fauna of Brazil
- Freshwater fish of Brazil
- Environment of Rio de Janeiro (state)
- Environment of São Paulo (state)
- Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
- Fish described in 1900
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