Phalloceros tupinamba
| Phalloceros tupinamba | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. tupinamba
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros tupinamba Lucinda, 2008
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Phalloceros tupinamba, the Tupi toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil.[1]
Distribution
Phalloceros tupinamba is found in the Rio Itamambuca and the Rio Macacu drainages, which are small coastal drainages of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro States of Brazil.[2]
Size
The females of this species grow to a total length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in), while males remain smaller at 2.7 centimetres (1.1 in).[2]
Habitat
The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic.[2]
Etymology
The fish is named for the indigenous tribe who lived in the eastern region of São Paulo State, Brazil, where this catfish lives, and in the 16th and early 17th centuries; "Tupinamba", in Tupí language, means the first or the ancient one, further reflecting its presumed basal relationship among congeners.[3]
References
- ^ Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phalloceros tupinamba". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Pencil and Parasitic Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 February 2024.