Curculionichthys luteofrenatus

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: Otothyrinae
Genus: Curculionichthys

Species: Curculionichthys luteofrenatus

Name

Curculionichthys luteofrenatus (Britski & Garavello, 2007)

• Holotype: MZUSP 62593.
• Paratypes: ANSP 180649 (2); LIRP 2262-63 (1, 8), 2265-66 (37, 5); MHNG 2664.080 (3); MNRJ 23840 (3); MZUSP 42458 (6), 62590 (2), 62594 (8, 1 c&s), 87144 (13, no 11, 1 c&s).

Type locality: Sinop, Riacho Loanda, tributary of Rio Teles Pires, about 54 kilometers north of Sinop on BR-163 road to Santarém 11°25'S, 55°21'W, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

Etymology: The species name luteofrenatus from the Latin luteo (= yellow), and frenatus (= with bridle), refers to the yellow pair of lines running dorsally on head from tip of snout to dorsal rim of orbit.

Synonyms

• Hisonotus luteofrenatus Britski & Garavello, 2007

References

• Britski, H.A. & Garavello, J.C. 2007. Description of two new sympatric species of the genus Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889, from upper Rio Tapajós, Mato Grosso state, Brazil (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Loricariidae). Brazilian Journal of Biology 67(3): 413–420.Reference page. 
• Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Orrego, L.E. & Oliveira, C. 2015. Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). ZooKeys 534: 103–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.534.6169 Full article Reference page. 

Links

• Curculionichthys luteofrenatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Curculionichthys luteofrenatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.