Rhizosomichthys totae
| Rhizosomichthys totae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Trichomycterinae |
| Genus: | Rhizosomichthys Miles, 1943 |
| Species: | R. totae |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhizosomichthys totae (Miles, 1942) | |
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Rhizosomichthys totae (sometimes known as Greasefish[2] in English) was a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Rhizosomichthys.[3] This fish grew to about 13.8 centimetres (5.4 in) and was endemic to Colombia where it occurred in the Lake Tota basin.[4] It is listed as an critically endangered (possibly extinct) species by the IUCN Red List.[1]
References
- 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Rhizosomichthys totae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ Gene S. Helfman: Fish Conservation: A Guide to Understanding and Restoring Global Aquatic Biodiversity and Fishery Resources Island Press, 2007 ISBN 1-55963-596-7
- ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Rhizosomichthys totae" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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