Sarcoglanis simplex is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Sarcoglanis.[1] This fish originates from the upper Rio Negro basin of Brazil.[1][2] Stauroglanis is the sister group to a monophyletic group formed by Malacoglanis and Sarcoglanis.[3]
| Sarcoglanis simplex | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Sarcoglanidinae |
| Genus: | Sarcoglanis Myers & Weitzman, 1966 |
| Species: | S. simplex
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| Binomial name | |
| Sarcoglanis simplex | |
References
edit- ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sarcoglanis simplex". FishBase. July 2007 version.
- ^ de Pinna, Mario C. C. (August 9, 1989). "A New Sarcoglanidine Catfish, Phylogeny of Its Subfamily, and an Appraisal of the Phyletic Status of the Trichomycterinae (Teleostei, Trichomycteridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2950): 1–39.