Lepthoplosternum stellatum

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: Callichthyidae
Genus: Lepthoplosternum
Species: Lepthoplosternum stellatum

Name

Lepthoplosternum stellatum Reis & Kaefer, 2005

• Holotype: MCP 35599.
• Paratypes: MCP 30651 (7, 1 c&s); UF 146223 (4).

Type locality: Igarapé Repartimento, tributary of Lago Tefé, 1.5 kilometers downstream from bridge on Tefé-Agrovila road, 3°24'28"S, 64°44'10"W, Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.

Etymology: From stellatum starred, referring to small dark-brown, roundish dots covering entire body. (From The ETYFish project)

References

• Reis, R.E. & Kaefer, C.C. 2005. Two new species of the Neotropical catfish genus Lepthoplosternum (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Copeia 2005(4): 724–731. Reference page. 

Links

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

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