Rhamdia saijaensis

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 saijaensis

Name

Rhamdia saijaensis Rendahl, 1941

• Holotype: NRM 10675.
• Paratypes: NRM 15329 (3).

Type locality: Río Saija, south of Buenaventura, Pacific slope, Colombia.

Etymology: From –ensis, suffix denoting place: Río Saija, Pacific slope, Colombia, type locality. (From The ETYFish project)

References

• 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. 
• Rendahl, H. 1941. Fische aus dem pazifischen Abflussgebiet Kolumbiens. Arkiv för Zoologi 33 (Häfte 1) A (4): 1–15. Reference page.