Silvinichthys gualcamayo

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
Subfamilia: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Silvinichthys
Species: Silvinichthys gualcamayo

Name

Silvinichthys gualcamayo Fernández et al., 2013

• Holotype: MCN 1518.
• Paratypes: MCN 1531 (5), 1532 (1 c&s).

Type locality: Argentina, Provincia de San Juan, Departamento Jachal, El Chepical, Río Gualcamayo, 29°45'09.9"S, 68°45'25.4"W [1], altitude 2324m a.s.l.

Etymology: The specific name gualcamayo is in reference to the type locality of the species, the Río Gualcamayo.

References

• Fernández, L., Sanabria, E. A. & Quiroga, L. B.; 2013: Silvinichthys gualcamayo, a new species of catfish from the central Andes of Argentina (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (4) [2012]: 367–373.