Astroblepus nicefori

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Astroblepus nicefori
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Astroblepidae
Genus: Astroblepus
Species:
A. nicefori
Binomial name
Astroblepus nicefori
(G. S. Myers, 1932)

Astroblepus nicefori is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. It can be found of the Cauca River and the Magdalena River in Colombia. [2] [3]

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Etymology

Named in honor of Brother Hermano Nicéforo María (1888-1980), Museo del Instituto de La Salle, Bogotá; a Frenchman originally named Antoine Rouhaire Siauzade who became a missionary in Colombia under his monastic name, he sent a collection of Colombian freshwater fishes to Myers, including the type specimen of this one. [4]

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References

  1. S. Usma; L. Mesa-Salazar; P. Sanchez-Duarte; C. Lasso (2016). "Astroblepus nicefori". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources . Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. "Astroblepus nicefori". FishBase. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. "Astroblepus nicefori". Aquatab. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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