Oxyropsis

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: Hypoptopomatinae
Tribus: Hypoptopomatini
Genus: Oxyropsis
Species: O. acutirostris – O. carinata – O. ephippia – O. wrightiana

Name

Oxyropsis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

Type species: Oxyropsis wrightiana Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

Etymology: oxy (= pointed); opsis (= face or appearance), presumably referring to depressed head of O. wrightiana. (From: The ETYFish project)

References

• Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S. 1889. Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. II. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) 2: 28–56. BHL Reference page. 
• Ferraris, C.J., jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. Abstract & excerpt PDF (part 1) PDF (part 2) Reference page. 

Links

• Oxyropsis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).