Ituglanis

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Ituglanis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Ituglanis
Costa & Bockmann, 1993
Type species
Pygidium proops parahybae
Eigenmann, 1918
Species

See text.

Ituglanis is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. Their greatest diversity seems to occur in the Amazon River basin.[1] Most species inhabit leaf litter, while four species have been described from caves.[1]

This genus was first erected for nine species previously classified in Trichomycterus.[2] Ituglanis is believed to be a monophyletic group.[2] There may be two monophyletic groups within this genus.[1] Ituglanis is not part of any of the trichomycterid subfamilies.[3] Instead, it has been suggested to be the sister group of a large clade composed of the Tridentinae, Stegophilinae, Vandelliinae, Sarcoglanidinae, and Glanapteryginae.[1]

[edit] Species

  • Ituglanis amazonicus (Steindachner, 1882)
  • Ituglanis bambui Bichuette & Trajano, 2004
  • Ituglanis cahyensis [2]
  • Ituglanis eichorniarum (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)
  • Ituglanis epikarsticus Bichuette & Trajano, 2004
  • Ituglanis gracilior (Eigenmann, 1912)
  • Ituglanis guayaberensis (Dahl, 1960)
  • Ituglanis herberti (Miranda Ribeiro, 1940)
  • Ituglanis laticeps (Kner, 1863)
  • Ituglanis macunaima Datovo & Landim, 2005[1]
  • Ituglanis metae (Eigenmann, 1918)
  • Ituglanis nebulosus de Pinna & Keith, 2003
  • Ituglanis paraguassensis Campos-Paiva & Costa, 2007[3]
  • Ituglanis parahybae (Eigenmann, 1918)
  • Ituglanis parkoi (Miranda Ribeiro, 1944)
  • Ituglanis passensis Fernández & Bichuette, 2002
  • Ituglanis proops (Miranda Ribeiro, 1908)
  • Ituglanis ramiroi Bichuette & Trajano, 2004

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Datovo, Aléssio; Landim, Maria Isabel (2005). "Ituglanis macunaima, a new catfish from the rio Araguaia basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (4): 455–464. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000400002. 
  2. ^ a b c Sarmento-Soares, Luisa M.; Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo F.; Aranda, Arion T.; Chamon, Carine C. (2006). "Ituglanis cahyensis, a new catfish from Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology 4 (3): 309–318. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252006000300002. 
  3. ^ a b Campos-Paiva, Rafael M.; Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2007). "Ituglanis paraguassuensis sp. n. (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae): a new catfish from the rio Paraguaçu, northeastern Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa 1471: 53–59. 
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