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Glanidium ribeiroi

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Species of driftwood catfish

Glanidium ribeiroi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Genus: Glanidium
Species: G. ribeiroi
Binomial name
Glanidium ribeiroi
Haseman, 1911
Synonyms
  • Glanidium riberoi Haseman, 1911

Glanidium ribeiroi is a species of driftwood catfish in the family Auchenipteridae. It is found in the Iguaçu River basin in South America.

Description

Glanidium ribeiroi reaches a standard length of 22.0 cm (8.7 in).

Etymology

The catfish is named in honor of Brazilian ichthyologist-herpetologist Alípio de Miranda Ribeiro (1874-1939), who was Secretary of the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro.

References

  1. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Glanidium ribeiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T186592A1815437. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186592A1815437.pt. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Glanidium ribeiroi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. 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 16 March 2022.
  • Soares-Porto, L.M., 1998. Monophyly and interrelationships of the Centromochlinae (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae). p. 331-350. In L.R. Malabarba, R.E. Reis, R.P. Vari, Z.M.S. Lucena and C.A.S. Lucena (eds.) Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS.
Taxon identifiers
Glanidium ribeiroi


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