Chaetostoma joropo

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
Species: Chaetostoma joropo

Name

Chaetostoma joropo Ballen et al., 2016

• Holotype: MPUJ 7197.
• Paratypes: ICNMHN 1795 (13); MPUJ 7198 (34), 7201 (3), 7202 (5), 7203 (19), 7204 (32), 7205 (182), 7206 (13).

Type locality: Colombia, Meta, Mesetas, Resevera, Guaviare, río Güejar, upper río Guaviare basin, Orinoco River Basin.

Etymology: The word joropo refers to a collection of musical styles that originated in the Llanos region of the Orinoco River Basin. It is one of the most characteristic cultural expressions among the criollos, the people who live in the Llanos Orientales. This name recognizes the importance and beauty of this region through one of its most iconic cultural expressions, which does not account for political boundaries and promotes brotherhood among the people of Colombia and Venezuela.

References

• Ballen, G.A., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A. 2016. Description of a new species of the genus Chaetostoma from the Orinoco River drainage with comments on Chaetostoma milesi Fowler, 1941 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 4105(2): 181–197. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.2.6. Reference page.