Glanidium cesarpintoi is a species of driftwood catfish in the family Auchenipteridae. It is found in the Mogi-guassú River basin of São Paulo, Brazil.

Glanidium cesarpintoi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Genus: Glanidium
Species:
G. cesarpintoi
Binomial name
Glanidium cesarpintoi

Description

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Glanidium cesarpintoi reaches a standard length of 9.6 cm (3.8 in).[2]

Etymology

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The catfish is named in honor of colleague Cesar Pinto (1896-1964), a helminthologist, in gratitude for his assistance and his hospitality during Ihering’s studies in São Paulo, Brazil.

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Glanidium cesarpintoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Portuguese). 2022: e.T186586A1815347. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186586A1815347.pt. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Glanidium cesarpintoi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  • Soares-Porto, L.M., 1998. Monophyly and interrelationships of the Centromochlinae (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae). p. 331-350. In L.R. Malabarba, R.E. Reis, R.P. Vari, Z.M.S. Lucena and C.A.S. Lucena (eds.) Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS.