Trichomycterus coelhorum

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: Trichomycterus
Species: Trichomycterus coelhorum

Name

Trichomycterus coelhorum Costa, Azevedo-Santos & Katz, 2023

• Holotype: UFRJ 13410, 44.8 mm SL, collected by V.M. Azevedo-Santos and colleagues on 15 April 2022.
• Type locality: “Brazil: Minas Gerais State: Veríssimo Municipality: stream tributary of Rio Uberaba, Rio Grande drainage, upper Rio Paraná basin, 19°39′21′′ S 48°15′21′′ W, at about 665 m asl”.
• Etymology: Named in honor to the Coelho family from Frutal municipality, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

References

Primary references

• Costa, W.J.E.M., Azevedo-Santos, V.M., Mattos, J.L.O. & Katz, A.M. 2023. Molecular Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Distribution Patterns of Trichomycterine Catfishes in the Middle Rio Grande Drainage, South-Eastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Fishes 8: 206. DOI: 10.3390/fishes8040206 Reference page.