Scleronema (fish)

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]

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. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Scleronema angustirostre" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Scleronema minutum" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Scleronema operculatum" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  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. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01471p059f.pdf.