Curculionichthys

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Curculionichthys
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Curculionichthys insperatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Genus: Curculionichthys
Roxo, G. S. C. Silva, L. E. Ochoa & C. de Oliveira, 2015 [1]
Type species
Hisonotus insperatus
Britski & Garavello 2003

Curculionichthys is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America. [1]

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C.; Ochoa, L.E. &; Oliveira, C. (2015). "Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)". ZooKeys (534): 103–134. Bibcode:2015ZooK..534..103R. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.534.6169 . PMC   4669939 . PMID   26668550.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Curculionichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  3. Silva, G.S.C.; Roxo, F.F.; Melo, B.F.; Oliveira, C. (2016). "New species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield". Zootaxa. 4175 (3): 281–291. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.7. PMID   27811766.
  4. 1 2 Roxo, F.F.; Zawadzki, C.H.; Troy, W.P. (2014). "Description of two new species of Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Ostariophysi, Loricariidae) from the rio Paraná-Paraguay basin, Brazil". ZooKeys (395): 57–78. Bibcode:2014ZooK..395...57R. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.395.6910 . PMID   24715789.