Taunayia bifasciata
Taunayia bifasciata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Heptapteridae |
Genus: | Taunayia A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918 |
Species: | T. bifasciata |
Binomial name | |
Taunayia bifasciata (C. H. Eigenmann & A. A. Norris, 1900) | |
Synonyms | |
Nannoglanis bifasciatus |
Taunayia bifasciata is a species of three-barbeled catfish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Upper Paraíba do Sul and Tietê River basins. This species grows to a length of 14.0 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.[1]
Although presently the only member of the genus Taunayia, an apparently undescribed, cave-adapted species is known from Campo Formoso, Bahia.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Taunayia bifasciata". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Bockmann; and Castro (2010). The blind catfish from the caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae): description, anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, natural history, and biogeography. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 8(4). doi:10.1590/S1679-62252010000400001