Trichomycterus tetuanensis

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 tetuanensis

Name

Trichomycterus tetuanensis García-Melo et al., 2016

• Holotype: CZUT-IC 5151.
• Paratypes: CZUT-IC 883 (5), 904 (9), 896 (7); IAvH-P 12753 (1).

Type locality: Colombia, Tolima, Ortega, río Tetuán, upper río Magdalena basin, 03°51’23.866”N 75°16’47.508”W, elevation 374 m asl.

Etymology: The specific epithet tetuanensis refers to the río Tetuán, type locality of the species.

References

• García-Melo, L.J., Villa-Navarro, F.A. & DoNascimiento, C. 2016. A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the upper río Magdalena basin, Colombia. Zootaxa 4117(2): 226–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.6. Reference page.