Scleronema (Trichomycteridae)

Scleronema minutum

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: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Scleronema

Subgenera: Plesioscleronema – S. (Scleronema)

Species: S. angustirostre – S. auromaculatum – S. guapa – S. ibirapuita – S. macanuda – S. mate – S. milonga – S. minutum – S. operculatum – S. teiniagua

Name

Scleronema Eigenmann, 1917: 691

Type species: Scleronema operculatum Eigenmann, 1917 (original designation)

References

Primary references

• Eigenmann, C.H. 1917. Descriptions of sixteen new species of Pygidiidae. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 56: 690–703. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Costa, W.J.E.M., Sampaio, W.M.S., Giongo, P., Almeida, F.B., Azevedo-Santos, V.M. & Katz, A.M. 2022. An enigmatic interstitial trichomycterine catfish from south-eastern Brazil found at about 1000 km away from its sister group (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 297: 85–96. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2022.02.007 Reference page. 

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