Loricaria holmbergi
| Loricaria holmbergi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Loricaria |
| Species: | L. holmbergi
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| Binomial name | |
| Loricaria holmbergi | |
Loricaria holmbergi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the mailed catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the armoured suckermouth catfishes.[2] This catfish is endemic to Jujuy Province in Argentina where it was described from the Aguas Calientes stream, a stream arising from a thermal spring which is a tributary of the Bermejo River, it has since been collected from another Bermejo tributary, the Quebrada Colorada stream.[1] This species reaches a standard length of 11.8 cm (4.6 in). Species in the genus Loricaria are known to be favultative air breathers.[3]
The specific name honours the Argentine biologist and science fiction writer Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg, one of the first naturalists and ichthyologists in Argentina.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Liotta, J. (2022). "Loricaria holmbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T176492262A176492269. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T176492262A176492269.en. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Loricaria". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Loricaria holmbergi". FishBase. November 2025 version.
- ^ Christopher Scarpf (30 December 2025). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily LORICARIINAE Rafinesque 1815 (Suckermouth Armored Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ Mónica S. Rodriguez and Amalia María Miquelarena (2003). "Una nueva especie de Loricaria (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) para la cuenca del río San Francisco, Jujuy, Argentina". Anales de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales Buenos Aires (in Spanish). 55 (for 2003): 139–149.