Glaphyropoma spinosum is a species of pencil catfish found in the regions of Chapada Diamantina, Município de Andaraí, Povoado de Igatu, Gruna dos Torras, Rio Paraguaçu in Bahia, Brazil. This species reaches a length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in).[1][2]

Glaphyropoma spinosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Glaphyropoma
Species:
G. spinosum
Binomial name
Glaphyropoma spinosum

References

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  1. ^ Bichuette, M.E., M.C.C. de Pinna and E. Trajano, 2008. A new species of Glaphyropoma: the first subterranean copionodontine catfish and the first occurrence of opercular odontodes in the subfamily (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(3):301-306.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Glaphyropoma spinosum". FishBase. February 2015 version.