Rhizosomichthys totae

Rhizosomichthys totae
Conservation status
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 (sometimes known as Greasefish[2]in English) is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Rhizosomichthys.[3] This fish grows to about 13.8 centimetres (5.4 in) and originates from the Lake Tota basin.[4] It is listed as an extinct species by the IUCN Red List.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Rhizosomichthys totae. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 14 July 2007.
  2. ^ Gene S. Helfman: Fish Conservation: A Guide to Understanding and Restoring Global Aquatic Biodiversity and Fishery Resources Island Press, 2007 ISBN 1559635967
  3. ^ 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. 
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Rhizosomichthys totae" in FishBase. July 2007 version.