Chaetostoma bifurcum

Taxonavigation

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: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypostominae
Tribus: Ancistrini
Genus: Chaetostoma

Name

Chaetostoma bifurcum Lujan et al., 2015

• Holotype: MEPN 14687.
• Paratypes: ROM 93662 (2), 93668 (3), 93670 (2), 93687 (3), 93712 (1), 93729 (9), 93739 (2), 93704 (2), 93721 (4), 93787 (10), 93842 (9); ANSP 182817 (10); AUM 64433 (10); FMNH 80708 (1), 93101 (68).

Type locality: Ecuador, Santo Domingo de las Tsáchilas Province, Guayas River drainage, Otongo River upstream of confluence with Baba River, 00°21'06.90"S, 79°12'52.32"W.

Etymology: The species epithet bifurcum is a Latin adjective meaning “two-pronged,” which is in reference to the two evertible cheek odontodes characteristic of this species.

References

• Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V., Astudillo-Clavijo, V., Barriga-Salazar, R. & López-Fernández, H. 2015. A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes. Copeia 103(3): 664–701. DOI: 10.1643/CI-14-194 Reference page.