Chaetostoma trimaculineum

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 trimaculineum Lujan et al., 2015

• Holotype: MEPN 14688.
• Paratypes: MEPN 11662 (1), 11663 (1); AUM 45524 (2); MUSM 49738 (2).

Type locality: Ecuador, Santiago River drainage, Morona-Santiago Province, confluence of the Changachangasa and Tutanangosa rivers and upstream in both, 02°35'51.18"S, 78°11'10.38"W.

Etymology: The species epithet trimaculineum is derived from the Latin prefix tri (= three), and nouns macula (= spot), and linea (= line); in reference to the three distinctive rows of spots along the flanks 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.