Spectracanthicus
Spectracanthicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Tribe: | Ancistrini |
Genus: | Spectracanthicus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1987 |
Type species | |
Spectracanthicus murinus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1987
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Spectracanthicus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfish endemic to the Tapajós, Xingu and Tocantins river basins in Brazil where often found in fast-flowing waters.[1][2] The largest species in the genus reaches up to 13 cm (5.1 in) in standard length.[3] They feed on algae and small invertebrates.[3]
Species[]
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Spectracanthicus murinus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1987
- & , 2014
- Spectracanthicus punctatissimus Steindachner, 1881
- & , 2014
- & , 2014
References[]
- ^ a b Chamon, C.C. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. (2014): Taxonomic revision of Spectracanthicus Nijssen & Isbrücker (Loricariidae: Hypostominae: Ancistrini), with description of three new species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (1): 1-26.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Spectracanthicus in FishBase. October 2017 version.
- ^ a b van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0691170749.
Categories:
- Ancistrini
- Fish of South America
- Fish of Brazil
- Endemic fauna of Brazil
- Catfish genera
- Taxa named by Han Nijssen
- Taxa named by Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker
- Freshwater fish genera
- Loricariidae stubs