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: Auchenipteridae
Subfamilia: Centromochlinae
Genus: Centromochlus
Subgenus: Centromochlus (Duringlanis)

Name

Centromochlus (Duringlanis) romani (Mees, 1988)

  • 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

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.
  • 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.
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