Niobichthys ferrarisi is the only species of the monotypic genus Niobichthys of loricariid catfish (order Siluriformes).[1] N. ferrarisi is classified in the tribe Hypoptopomatini within the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae.[2] This fish reaches a length of 7.0 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This species is endemic to Venezuela and occurs in the upper Baria River and the Rio Negro basin.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Niobichthys Schaefer & Provenzano, 1998 |
| Species: | N. ferrarisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Niobichthys ferrarisi Schaefer & Provenzano-Rizzi, 1998
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The fish is named in honor of Carl Ferraris, Jr. (born 1950), co-discoverer of this species and participant in the 1984 South American expedition to the type locality of the fish.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Niobichthys ferrarisi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
- ^ Armbruster, Jonathan W. "Loricariid species". Retrieved 1 June 2006.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Niobichthys ferrarisi". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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