Curculionichthys

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Curculionichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Tribe: Otothyrini
Genus: Curculionichthys
Roxo, G. S. C. Silva, L. E. Ochoa & C. de Oliveira, 2015 [1]
Type species
Hisonotus insperatus
Britski & Garavello 2003

Curculionichthys is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America.[1]

Species[edit]

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Ochoa, L.E. & Oliveira, C. (2015): Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). ZooKeys, 534: 103-134.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Roxo, F.F., Zawadzki, C.H. & Troy, W.P. (2014): Description of two new species of Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Ostariophysi, Loricariidae) from the rio Paraná-Paraguay basin, Brazil. ZooKeys, 395: 57–78.