Whiptail catfish

Whiptail catfish
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Loricariinae
Tribe:	Loricariini
Genus:	Dasyloricaria
Species:	D. filamentosa
Binomial name
*Dasyloricaria filamentosa* (Steindachner, 1878)
Synonyms
Loricaria filamentosa Steindachner, 1878 Loricaria fimbriata (non Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) Loricaria latiura (non Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) Loricaria seminuda (non Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) Loricaria tuyrensis (non Meek & Hidlebrand, 1913)

Whiptail catfish (Dasyloricaria filamentosa) is a species of armored catfish endemic to Colombia where it is found in the Magdalena River basin and is suspected to also occur in the Catatumbo River. This species grows to a length of 26 centimetres (10 in) SL. D. filamentosa is found in the aquarium trade.

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Dasyloricaria filamentosa" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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