Rhamdia cinerascens

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 cinerascens

Name

Rhamdia cinerascens (Günther, 1860)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1860.6.16.193.
• Paralectotypes: BMNH 1860.6.16.213 (1) Guayaquil.

Type locality: Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

Etymology: From cinereus (= ash-colored); –escens (= becoming), presumably referring to “uniform greenish-grey” coloration of upper part of body. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Pimelodus cinerascens Günther, 1860

References

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1860. Third list of cold-blooded vertebrata collected by Mr. Fraser in Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860 (2): 233–240, Pl. 10. BHLReference 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.