Rhizosomichthys totae

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Rhizosomichthys totae
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Trichomycteridae Subfamily: Trichomycterinae Genus: Rhizosomichthys Miles, 1943 Species: R. totae
Binomial name
Rhizosomichthys totae (Miles, 1942)
Synonyms
Of Rhizosomichthys Bathophilus Miles, 1942 Bathypygidium Whitley, 1947 Of Rhizosomichthys totae Pygidium totae Miles, 1942

Rhizosomichthys totae is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Rhizosomichthys.^[2] This fish grows to about 13.8 centimetres (5.4 in) and originates from the Lake Tota basin.^[3] It is listed as an extinct species by the IUCN Red List.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Rhizosomichthys totae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 14 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. ^ "Rhizosomichthys totae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.