Centromochlus (Duringlanis) altae

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Auchenipteridae
Subfamilia: Centromochlinae
Genus: Centromochlus
Subgenus: Centromochlus (Duringlanis)
Species: Centromochlus (Duringlanis) altae

Name

Centromochlus (Duringlanis) altae Fowler, 1945

• Holotype: ANSP 71700.
• Paratypes: ANSP 71701-04 (4).

Type locality: Río Caquetá drainage, Morelia, Colombia.

Etymology: in honor of Alta Dunn (wife of herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn, see Tatia dunni), who first brought this species to Fowler’s attention. The ETYFish Project

Synonyms

• Centromochlus altae Fowler, 1945

References

• Fowler, H.W. 1945. Colombian zoological survey. Pt. I. – The freshwater fishes obtained in 1945. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 97: 93–135.Reference page. 
• Grant, S., 2015: Four new subgenera of Centromochlus Kner, 1858 with comments on the boundaries of some related genera (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae). Ichthyofile 3: 1–16.