Cetopsorhamdia molinae

Cetopsorhamdia molinae is a species of three-barbeled catfishes found in the Magdalena, Orinoco, and Tocantins River basins in South America.[1] This species reaches a length of 3.6 cm (1.4 in). [2]

Cetopsorhamdia molinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Cetopsorhamdia
Species:
C. molinae
Binomial name
Cetopsorhamdia molinae
Miles, 1943

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Ciro Molina Garcés (1891–1953), the Secretary of Agriculture and Development in the Valle del Cauca, for his understanding the value of systematic research in all branches of the sciences to the state and national economies of Colombia. [3]

References

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  1. ^ Bockmann, F.A. and G.M. Guazzelli, 2003. Heptapteridae (Heptapterids). p. 406-431. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cetopsorhamdia molinae". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ 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.