Scleronema

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Scleronema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Trichomycteridae Genus: Scleronema Eigenmann, 1918
Type species
Scleronema operculatum Eigenmann, 1918
Binomial name
Scleronema angustirostre (Devincenzi, 1942) Scleronema minutum (Boulenger, 1891) Scleronema operculatum Eigenmann, 1918

Scleronema is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes three species, S. angustirostre, S. minutum, and S. operculatum.^[1] S. angustirostre originates from Uruguay and grows to about 4.8 centimetres (1.9 in) SL.^[2] S. minutum and S. operculatum both originate from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; S. minutum 4.0 cm (1.6 in) SL and S. operculatum 8.0 cm (3.1 in).^[3][4] Scleronema is not included under any of the trichomycterid subfamilies.^[5]

[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. ^ "Scleronema angustirostre". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
3. ^ "Scleronema minutum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
4. ^ "Scleronema operculatum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
5. ^ 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.