Limatulichthys nasarcus

Limatulichthys nasarcus[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the middle Ventuari River and the lower Caura River in the Orinoco drainage basin in Venezuela. The species reaches 15.1 cm (5.9 inches) in standard length. Its specific epithet, nasarcus, is derived from Latin and means "bow-shaped snout", referring to the species' snout, which is more rounded than that of its congener Limatulichthys griseus.[2]

Limatulichthys nasarcus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Limatulichthys
Species:
L. nasarcus
Binomial name
Limatulichthys nasarcus
Londoño-Burbano, Lefebvre & Lujan, 2014

References

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  1. ^ Londoño-Burbano, A., Lefebvre, S.L. & Lujan, N.K. (2014): A new species of Limatulichthys Isbrücker & Nijssen (Loricariidae, Loricariinae) from the western Guiana Shield. Zootaxa, 3884 (4): 360–370.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Limatulichthys nasarcus". FishBase.