Bullockia maldonadoi

Bullockia maldonadoi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:	Trichomycterinae
Genus:	Bullockia Arratia, Chang, Menu-Marque & Rojas, 1978
Species:	B. maldonadoi
Binomial name
Bullockia maldonadoi (C. H. Eigenmann, 1928)
Synonyms
Hatcheria maldonadoi C. H. Eigenmann, 1928 Hatcheria bullocki Fowler, 1940

Bullockia maldonadoi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Bullockia. ^[2] This catfish is endemic to Chile where it is distributed from the Maule River to the Imperial River. ^[1] This fish grows to about 7 centimetres (2.8 in). ^[3] A recently discovered species of Trichomycterus, known as astromycterus, was said to share potential characteristics with Bullockia, but they were not noted in detail. ^[4]

References

1. Díaz, G.; Manosalva, A. (2024). "Bullockia maldonadoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T3324A253573008. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T3324A253573008.en . Retrieved 28 February 2025.
2. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bullockia maldonadoi". FishBase . July 2007 version.
4. Reis, Vinícius J. C.; de Pinna, Mário C. C.; Pessali, Tiago C. (2019). "A new species of Trichomycterus Valenciennes 1832 (Trichomycteridae: Siluriformes) from the Rio Doce drainage with remarkable similarities with Bullockia and a CT-scan survey" . Journal of Fish Biology. 95 (3): 918–931. doi:10.1111/jfb.14089. ISSN   1095-8649.