Farlowella

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Farlowella
Farlowella acus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Tribe:
Harttiini
Genus: Farlowella
C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
Type species
Kner
, 1853

Farlowella is a

caudal peduncle.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus is placed within the

botanist of Harvard University whose main work was working with algae plants, the favorite food of this slender catfish.[2]

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Covain, R. & Fisch-Muller, S. (2007): The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis. Zootaxa, 1462: 1–40.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Farlowella in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Farlowella amazonum (Günther, 1864)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  4. ^ a b Ballen, G.A., Pastana, M.N.L. & Peixoto, L.A.W. (2016): A new species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) of the F. nattereri species-group from the rio Xingu basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with comments on Farlowella jauruensis, a poorly-known species from the upper rio Paraguai basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (3): e160046.
  5. ^ Ballen, G.A., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Zamudio, J.E. (2016): Farlowella mitoupibo, a new species of stick catfish from the upper Guaviare River, Orinoco basin, Colombia (Teleostei: Loricariidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 325-332.
  6. ^ Ballen, G.A. & Mojica, J.I. (2014): A new trans-Andean Stick Catfish of the genus Farlowella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with the first record of the genus for the río Magdalena Basin in Colombia. Zootaxa, 3765 (2): 134–142.