Curculionichthys

Curculionichthys
Curculionichthys insperatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Genus: Curculionichthys
Roxo, G. S. C. Silva, L. E. Ochoa & C. de Oliveira, 2015 [1]
Type species
Hisonotus insperatus
Britski & Garavello 2003

Curculionichthys is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America.[1]

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C.; Ochoa, L.E. &; Oliveira, C. (2015). "Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)". ZooKeys (534): 103–134. Bibcode:2015ZooK..534..103R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.534.6169. PMC 4669939. PMID 26668550.
  2. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Curculionichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  3. ^ Silva, G.S.C.; Roxo, F.F.; Melo, B.F.; Oliveira, C. (2016). "New species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield". Zootaxa. 4175 (3): 281–291. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.7. PMID 27811766.
  4. ^ a b Roxo, F.F.; Zawadzki, C.H.; Troy, W.P. (2014). "Description of two new species of Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Ostariophysi, Loricariidae) from the rio Paraná-Paraguay basin, Brazil". ZooKeys (395): 57–78. Bibcode:2014ZooK..395...57R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.395.6910. PMC 3978237. PMID 24715789.