Trachelyopterus lucenai

Trachelyopterus lucenai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Siluriformes
Family:Auchenipteridae
Genus:Trachelyopterus
Species: T. lucenai
Binomial name
Trachelyopterus lucenai
Bertoletti (pt), J. F. P. da Silva & E. H. L. Pereira, 1995[1]

T. lucenai is a freshwater member of the Auchenipteridae family that is native to Brazil, it has currently only been found in the Jacuí River basin in Rio Grande do Sul. Like many Siluriformes it is demersal which is one of the reasons it has only recently been identified.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Trachelyopterus lucenai". Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Trachelyopterus lucenai" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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