Glanidium ribeiroi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Auchenipteridae |
| Genus: | Glanidium |
| Species: | G. ribeiroi
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| Glanidium ribeiroi Haseman, 1911
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Glanidium ribeiroi is a species of driftwood catfish in the family Auchenipteridae. It is found in the Iguaçu River basin in South America.
Description[edit]
Glanidium ribeiroi reaches a standard length of 22.0 cm (8.7 in).[2]
Etymology[edit]
The catfish is named in honor of Brazilian ichthyologist-herpetologist Alípio de Miranda Ribeiro (1874-1939), who was Secretary of the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Glanidium ribeiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T186592A1815437. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186592A1815437.pt. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Glanidium ribeiroi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families ASPREDINIDAE, DORADIDAE, AUCHENIPTERIDAE, CRANOGLANIDIDAE and ICTALURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- Soares-Porto, L.M., 1998. Monophyly and interrelationships of the Centromochlinae (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae). p. 331-350. In L.R. Malabarba, R.E. Reis, R.P. Vari, Z.M.S. Lucena and C.A.S. Lucena (eds.) Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS.
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