Corydoras virginiae
Appearance
Corydoras virginiae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Callichthyidae |
Genus: | Corydoras |
Species: | C. virginiae
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Binomial name | |
Corydoras virginiae W. E. Burgess, 1993
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Corydoras virginiae, the Miguelito cory, is a species of armored catfish from the family Callichthyidae, found commonly in Peru.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Virginia Schwartz, the wife of aquarium-fish exporter Adolfo Schwartz who collected the type specimen.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Corydoras virginiae summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Procamallanus Spirocamallanus pintoi Kohn and Fernandes 1988 Nematoda Camallanidae infecting species of Callichthyidae from the Peruvian Amazon" (PDF). www.researchgate.net. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 November 2021.