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Glaphyropoma rodriguesi

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Glaphyropoma rodriguesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Glaphyropoma
Species:
G. rodriguesi
Binomial name
Glaphyropoma rodriguesi
de Pinna, 1992

Glaphyropoma rodriguesi is a species of pencil catfish endemic to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) SL.

Etymology

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The catfish is named in honor of herpetologist Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues (born 1953), of the Universidade de São Paulo, who, along with his students, collected and discovered the first-known specimens of this subfamily from a high-altitude region of north-eastern central Brazil.[1]

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Glaphyropoma rodriguesi". FishBase. February 2012 version.
  1. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families DIPLOMYSTIDAE, CETOPSIDAE, TRICHOMYCTERIDAE and NEMATOGENYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 February 2022.