Astroblepus eigenmanni

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Astroblepus eigenmanni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Astroblepidae
Genus: Astroblepus
Species:
A. eigenmanni
Binomial name
Astroblepus eigenmanni
(Regan, 1904) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Arges eigenmanniRegan, 1904

Astroblepus eigenmanni is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes. [1] This catfish is found in the Pacificcoastal drainages of Ecuador. [2]

The specific name honours the German-born American ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann who lent the describer of this species, Charles Tate Regan, specimens and who reported this species as Cyclopium cyclopum in 1888. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Astroblepus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Astroblepus eigenmanni". FishBase . April 2025 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf (8 December 2025). "Family ASTROBLEPIDAE Bleeker 1862 (Climbing Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 15 December 2025.