Bullockia maldonadoi

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Bullockia maldonadoi
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Trichomycteridae Subfamily: Trichomycterinae Genus: Bullockia Arratia, Chang, Menu-Marque & Rojas, 1978 Species: B. maldonadoi
Binomial name
Bullockia maldonadoi (Eigenmann, 1920)
Synonyms
Hatcheria Maldonadoi Eigenmann, 1920 Hatcheria bullocki Fowler, 1940

Bullockia maldonadoi is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Bullockia.^[2] This fish grows to about 7 centimetres (2.8 in) and originates from Chile.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Bullockia maldonadoi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 July 2007.
2. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
3. ^ "Bullockia maldonadoi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.