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Hisonotus iota

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Species of fish

Hisonotus iota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hisonotus
Species: H. iota
Binomial name
Hisonotus iota
Carvalho & Reis, 2009

Hisonotus iota is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Chapecó River, which is a tributary of the Uruguay River. The species reaches 3.3 cm (1.3 inches) SL.

Hisonotus iota was described in 2009 by Tiago P. Carvalho (of the Pontifical Xavierian University) and Roberto E. Reis (of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul) alongside three other Hisonotus species from the Uruguay River basin: H. montanus, H. megaloplax, and H. leucophrys. The type locality of H. iota is stated to be the Chapecó River near the road between Coronel Freitas and Quilombo in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.

References

  1. "Hisonotus iota Carvalho & Reis, 2009". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Hisonotus iota". FishBase.
  3. Carvalho, Tiago & Reis, Roberto. (2009). Four new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Uruguay, southeastern South America, with a review of the genus in the rio Uruguay basin. Zootaxa. 2113. 1-40. 10.11646/zootaxa.2113.1.1.
Taxon identifiers
Hisonotus iota


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