Centromochlus (Balroglanis) bockmanni

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 (Balroglanis)

Name

Centromochlus (Balroglanis) bockmanni (Sarmento-Soares & Buckup, 2005)

• Holotype: MZUSP 82803.
• Paratypes: MNRJ 25798 (1); MZUSP 36976 (1), 82351 (8, 1 c&s).

Type locality: Rio São Francisco, downstream from Três Marias Dam, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Etymology: in honor of ichthyologist Flávio Alicino Bockmann, Universidade de São Paulo, who collected specimens that led authors to recognize this species as undescribed. The ETYFish Project

Synonyms

• Glanidium bockmanni Sarmento-Soares & Buckup, 2005
  • Centromochlus bockmanni (Sarmento-Soares & Buckup, 2005)

References

• Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Buckup, P.A. 2005. A new Glanidium from the Rio São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochilinae). Copeia 2005(4): 846–853. 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.