Glanapteryx

Glanapteryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Glanapteryginae
Genus: Glanapteryx
Myers, 1927
Type species
Glanapteryx anguilla
Myers, 1927
Binomial name

Glanapteryx anguilla
Myers, 1927
Glanapteryx niobium
de Pinna, 1998

Glanapteryx is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes two species, G. anguilla and G. niobium.[1]

Glanapteryx is a monophyletic genus. Glanapteryx has been proposed as the sister group to a clade composed of Pygidianops and Typhlobelus, with Listrura the sister group to those three.[2]

G. anguilla originates from the Negro and Orinoco River basins of Brazil and Venezuela, growing to a length of about 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.[3] G. niobium reaches about 5.5 cm (2.2 in).[4] These species lack an anal fin.[2]

Glanapteryx anguilla has been found in small forest streams with sandy substrate covered by leaf litter.[2]

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. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b c Schaefer, Scott A.; Provenzano, Francisco; de Pinna, Mario; Baskin, Jonathan N. (November 29, 2005). "New and Noteworthy Venezuelan Glanapterygine Catfishes (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with Discussion of Their Biogeography and Psammophily" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3496): 1–27. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5665/1/N3496.pdf. 
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Glanapteryx anguilla" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Glanapteryx niobium" in FishBase. July 2007 version.