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Loricaria cuffyi

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Species of catfish

Loricaria cuffyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Loricaria
Species: L. cuffyi
Binomial name
Loricaria cuffyi
Londoño-Burbano, Urbano-Bonilla & Thomas, 2020

Loricaria cuffyi is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Essequibo River and Rio Negro basins in Guyana, as well as the Orinoco basin in Venezuela, with its type locality being designated as the Ireng River. The species was described on the basis of 36 specimens in 2020 by Alejandro Londoño-Burbano (of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Alexander Urbano-Bonilla (of the Pontifical Xavierian University), and Matthew R. Thomas (of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources). FishBase does not yet list this species.

References

  1. "Loricaria cuffyi • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog". www.planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  2. Londoño‐Burbano, A., Urbano‐Bonilla, A., & Thomas, M. R. (2020). Loricaria cuffyi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species of loricariin catfish from the Guiana Shield. Journal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111/jfb.14566
Taxon identifiers
Loricaria cuffyi


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