Tatia gyrina

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: Auchenipteridae
Subfamilia: Centromochlinae
Genus: Tatia
Species: Tatia gyrina

Name

Tatia gyrina (Eigenmann & Allen, 1942)

• Holotype (unique): CAS 36979 [ex IU 15795].

Type locality: Río Itaya, Iquitos, Peru.

Etymology: latinization of gyrinos, tadpole, presumably referring to its tadpole-like shape. The ETYFish Project

Synonyms

• Centromochlus gyrinus Eigenmann & Allen, 1942
• Centromochlus creutzbergi Boeseman, 1953
  • Tatia creutzbergi (Boeseman, 1953)

References

• Eigenmann, C.H. & Allen, W.R., 1942: Fishes of Western South America. I. The intercordilleran and Amazonian lowlands of Peru. II. The high pampas of Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile. With a revision of the Peruvian Gymnotidae, and of the genus Orestias. University of Kentucky i-xv + 1-494, Pls. 1-22. BHL Reference page.