Curculionichthys karipuna

Curculionichthys karipuna is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to the Cassiporé and Jari Rivers in Brazil. The species reaches 2.4 cm (0.9 inches) SL and was described in 2016 by Gabriel S. C. Silva, Fábio F. Roxo, and Claudio Oliveira of São Paulo State University and Bruno F. Melo of the American Museum of Natural History.[1][2]

Curculionichthys karipuna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Curculionichthys
Species:
C. karipuna
Binomial name
Curculionichthys karipuna
Silva, Roxo, Melo & Oliveira, 2016

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Curculionichthys karipuna". FishBase.
  2. ^ Silva, Gabriel S C et al. “New species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield.” Zootaxa vol. 4175,3 281-291. 14 Oct. 2016, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.7