Sarcoglanis simplex

Sarcoglanis simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:	Sarcoglanidinae
Genus:	Sarcoglanis ; Myers & Weitzman, 1966
Species:	S. simplex
Binomial name
	Sarcoglanis simplex; Myers & Weitzman, 1966

Last updated September 15, 2025

Sarcoglanis simplex is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Sarcoglanis.^[1] This fish originates from the upper Rio Negro basin of Brazil.^[1]^[2] Stauroglanis is the sister group to a monophyletic group formed by Malacoglanis and Sarcoglanis.^[3]

References

1 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sarcoglanis simplex". FishBase . July 2007 version.
↑ de Pinna, Mario C. C. (August 9, 1989). "A New Sarcoglanidine Catfish, Phylogeny of Its Subfamily, and an Appraisal of the Phyletic Status of the Trichomycterinae (Teleostei, Trichomycteridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2950): 1–39.

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[Ferraris-1] 1 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sarcoglanis simplex". FishBase . July 2007 version.

[de_Pinna-3] Pinna, Mario C. C. (August 9, 1989). "A New Sarcoglanidine Catfish, Phylogeny of Its Subfamily, and an Appraisal of the Phyletic Status of the Trichomycterinae (Teleostei, Trichomycteridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2950): 1–39.

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