Rhizosomichthys totae
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| Rhizosomichthys totae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Trichomycterinae |
| Genus: | Rhizosomichthys Miles, 1943 |
| Species: | R. totae |
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| Rhizosomichthys totae (Miles, 1942) |
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Rhizosomichthys totae (sometimes known as Greasefish[2]in English) is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Rhizosomichthys.[3] This fish grows to about 13.8 centimetres (5.4 in) and originates from the Lake Tota basin.[4] It is listed as an extinct species by the IUCN Red List.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Rhizosomichthys totae. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 14 July 2007.
- ^ Gene S. Helfman: Fish Conservation: A Guide to Understanding and Restoring Global Aquatic Biodiversity and Fishery Resources Island Press, 2007 ISBN 1559635967
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Rhizosomichthys totae" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
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