Curculionichthys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Series: Otophysi Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Otothyrinae
Genus: Curculionichthys

Species: C. coxipone – C. insperatus – C. itaim – C. karipuna – C. luteofrenatus – C. oliveirai – C. paresi – C. piracanjuba – C. sabaji – C. sagarana – C. scaius – C. tukana

Name

Curculionichthys Roxo et al., 2015

Type species: Hisonotus insperatus Britski & Garavello, 2003

Etymology: Curculionichthys, from the Latin curculionem (= elongated snout), and from the Greek ichthys (= fishes), refers to the relatively elongated snouts of the fish species included in this genus.

References

Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Orrego, L.E. & Oliveira, C. 2015. Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). ZooKeys 534: 103–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.534.6169 Full article Reference page.

Roxo, F.F., Dias, A.C., Silva, G. de S. da C. & Oliveira, C. 2017. Two new species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Amazonas basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 4341(2): 258–270. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.5 . Reference page.

Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F., Melo, B.F. & Oliveira, C. 2016. New species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield. Zootaxa 4175(3): 281–291. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.7 . Reference page.

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