Otothyris travassosi
Appearance
Otothyris travassosi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Otothyris |
Species: | O. travassosi
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Binomial name | |
Otothyris travassosi |
Otothyris travassosi is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil, where it occurs in the coastal streams of the southeast. This species grows to a length of 3.2 centimetres (1.3 in) SL.
The fish is named in honor of Haroldo P. Travassos (1922-1977) of the Museu Nacional of Brazil, for his contributions to Brazilian ichthyology and assistance with the authors’ studies of fish.[1]
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Otothyris travassosi" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.