Scleronema (fish)
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| Genus: | Scleronema C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
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| Scleronema operculatum C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
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Scleronema is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus: [1]
- Scleronema angustirostre (Devincenzi, 1942)
- Scleronema minutum (Boulenger, 1891)
- Scleronema operculatum C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
S. minutum and S. operculatum both originate from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; S. minutum 4.0 cm (1.6 in) SL and S. operculatum 8.0 cm (3.1 in).[2][3] Scleronema is not included under any of the trichomycterid subfamilies.[4]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Scleronema in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Scleronema minutum" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Scleronema operculatum" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
- ^ Campos-Paiva, Rafael M.; Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2007). "Ituglanis paraguassuensis sp. n. (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae): a new catfish from the rio Paraguaçu, northeastern Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1471: 53–59.