Glaphyropoma rodriguesi
| Glaphyropoma rodriguesi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Genus: | Glaphyropoma |
| Species: | G. rodriguesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Glaphyropoma rodriguesi de Pinna, 1992
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Glaphyropoma rodriguesi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae and the subfamily Copionodontinae, the Chapada pencil catfishes. This fish is endemic to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) SL.
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of herpetologist Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues (born 1953), of the Universidade de São Paulo, who, along with his students, collected and discovered the first-known specimens of this subfamily from a high-altitude region of north-eastern central Brazil.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Glaphyropoma rodriguesi". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2024). "Glaphyropoma rodriguesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024 e.T187286A1825909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T187286A1825909.pt. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (25 September 2025). "Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Pencil and Parasitic Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 17 November 2025.