Rhamdia guatemalensis

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: Heptapteridae
Genus: Rhamdia
Species: Rhamdia guatemalensis

Name

Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther, 1864)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1864.1.26.210.
• Paralectotypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.211 (1).

Type locality: Huamuchal, Guatemala.

Etymology: From –ensis, suffix denoting place: Guatemala, type locality. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Pimelodus guatemalensis Günther, 1864
• Pimelodus godmanni Günther, 1864
• Pimelodus wagneri Günther, 1868
• Rhamdia oaxacae Meek, 1902
• Rhamdia depressa Barbour & Cole, 1906
• Rhamdia sacrificii Barbour & Cole, 1906
• Rhamdia barbata Meek, 1907
• Rhamdia heteracantha Regan, 1907
• Rhamdia nasuta Meek, 1909
• Rhamdia guatemalensis muriei Hubbs, 1935
• Rhamdia guatemalensis decolor Hubbs, 1936
• Rhamdia guatemalensis stygaea Hubbs, 1936

References

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 5. British Museum: London. i–xxii + 1–455. BHL Reference page. 
• Hernández, C.L., Ortega-Lara, A., Sánchez-Garcés, G.C. & Alford, M.H. 2015. Genetic and Morphometric Evidence for the Recognition of Several Recently Synonymized Species of Trans-Andean Rhamdia (Pisces: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Copeia 103(3): 563–579. DOI: 10.1643/CI-14-145 Reference page.