Centromochlus (Duringlanis) romani

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: Centromochlus
Subgenus: Centromochlus (Duringlanis)

Name

Centromochlus (Duringlanis) romani (Mees, 1988)

• Questionably placed in Centromochlus (Duringlanis) by Grant, 2015.

• Holotype: RMNH 30490.
• Paratypes: RMNH 30491 (4).

Type locality: Río Guarapiche, affluent of River San Juan, near Monagas, Venezuela.

Etymology: in honor of Benigno Román (also known as Benigno Román Gonzalez), herpetologist, ichthyologist and Jesuit monk, who collected type. The ETYFish Project

Synonyms

• Tatia romani Mees, 1988
  • Centromochlus romani (Mees, 1988)

References

• Mees, G.F. 1988. Notes on the genus Tatia (Pisces, Nematognathi, Auchenipteridae). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences) 91 (4): 405–414. Reference page. 
• Grant, S., 2015: Four new subgenera of Centromochlus Kner, 1858 with comments on the boundaries of some related genera (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae). Ichthyofile 3: 1–16.