Pariolius maldonadoi

Pariolius maldonadoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Heptapteridae
Genus:	Pariolius
Species:	P. maldonadoi
Binomial name
Pariolius maldonadoi Faustino-Fuster, D. R., López-Castaño, J. A., Quiñones, J. M. & Meza-Vargas, V., 2024

Pariolius maldonadoi is a species of three-barbeled catfish found in the small creeks and tributaries of the Upper Orinoco and Negro Rivers in Colombia.

This species grows to a length of 3.2 centimetres (1.3 in) SL, and inhabits sand and gravel bottoms of creeks of relatively fast flowing water as well as sluggish waters of the same streams where aquatic vegetation is lacking.

It feeds mainly on Trichoptera larvae. ^[1]

Etymology

The fish's name is in memoriam to Javier Maldonado-Ocampo, professor of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia for his contributions and his devotion to Colombian and neotropical ichthyology. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Faustino-Fuster, D. R.; López-Castaño, J. A.; Quiñones, J. M.; Meza-Vargas, V. (2024). "Increasing the species diversity of the monotypic genus Pariolius Cope 1872 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) after more than 150 years". Zootaxa. 5433 (3): 389–403. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5433.3.6. PMID   39646764.
2. "New species: Pariolius maldonadoi and Pariolius pax". AquaInfo. 20 April 2024.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (17 June 2024). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families HEPTAPTERIDAE, PHREATOBIIDAE, PIMELODIDAE and PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 31.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.