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: Heptapteridae
Genus: Rhamdia
Species: Rhamdia laticauda

Name

Rhamdia laticauda (Kner, 1858)

  • Syntypes: NMW 50554 (?3) not found.

Type locality: Mexico.

Etymology: From latus (= wide or broad), and cauda (= tail), based on ms. name by Heckel, allusion not explained; may refer to caudal peduncle (per Silfvergrip’s 1996 revision of the genus), which does not taper as it reaches the tail. (From The ETYFish project)

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References

  • Hernández, C.L., Ortega-Lara, A., Sánchez-Garcés, G.C. & Alford, M.H. 2015. Genetic and Morphometric Evidence for the Recognition of Several Recently Synonymized Species of Trans-Andean Rhamdia (Pisces: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Copeia 103(3): 563–579. DOI: 10.1643/CI-14-145 Reference page. 
  • Kner, R. 1858. Ichthyologische Beiträge. II. Abtheilung. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 26 (s. 373): 373–448, Pls. 1–9. BHL Reference page. 
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