Glaphyropoma rodriguesi

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Glaphyropoma rodriguesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Copionodontinae
Genus: Glaphyropoma
de Pinna, 1992
Species: G. rodriguesi
Binomial name
Glaphyropoma rodriguesi
de Pinna, 1992

Glaphyropoma rodriguesi is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Glaphyropoma.[1] This fish grows to about 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) SL and originates from the Mucujê River, a tributary of Paraguaçu River in Brazil.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
  2. ^ "Glaphyropoma rodriguesi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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