Misplaced Pages

Ernstichthys

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Genus of fishes

Ernstichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Aspredinidae
Subfamily: Hoplomyzontinae
Genus: Ernstichthys
Fernández-Yépez, 1953
Type species
Ernstichthys anduzei
Fernández-Yépez, 1953

Ernstichthys is a genus of banjo catfishes that occurs in the Amazon and Orinoco basins.

The genus was named in honor of the Chair of Natural Science at the Central University of Venezuela biologist Adolfo (also spelled Adolf) Ernst (1832–1899).


Ernstichthys species are small to medium-sized, armored aspredinids. Members of this genus are distinguished from all other aspredinids by having two sets of paired pre-anal-fin plates and a strongly recurved pectoral spine that is much longer than first branched pectoral-fin ray.

Species

There are currently three described species in this genus:

References

  1. ^ Friel, John Patrick (1994-12-13). "A Phylogenetic Study of the Neotropical Banjo Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae)" (PDF). Duke University, Durham, NC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-07. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families ASPREDINIDAE, DORADIDAE, AUCHENIPTERIDAE, CRANOGLANIDIDAE and ICTALURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ernstichthys". FishBase. December 2011 version.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Ernstichthys


Stub icon

This catfish-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: