Cetopsorhamdia hidalgoi

Cetopsorhamdia hidalgoi is a species of three-barbeled catfishes native to the upper Amazon in Peru.[1]

Cetopsorhamdia hidalgoi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Cetopsorhamdia
Species:
C. hidalgoi
Binomial name
Cetopsorhamdia hidalgoi

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Max Hidalgo, the curator of the Ichthyology Department at the Museo de Historia Natural in the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, because of his devotion and dedication to Peruvian ichthyology; he collected the holotype and many other specimens of the type series on expeditions that led to the creation of multiple conservation areas in Peru. [2]

References

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  1. ^ Dario R. Faustino-Fuster and Lesley S. de Souza. 2021. A New Species of Cetopsorhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Upper Amazon River basin. Journal of Fish Biology.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families HEPTAPTERIDAE, PHREATOBIIDAE, PIMELODIDAE and PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 August 2024.