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Metaloricaria nijsseni

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Species of fish

Metaloricaria nijsseni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Metaloricaria
Species: M. nijsseni
Binomial name
Metaloricaria nijsseni
Isbrücker, 1975

Metaloricaria nijsseni is a species of armored catfish endemic to Suriname where it occurs in the Suriname, Saramacca, Nickerie and Corantijn River basins. This species grows to a length of 29.5 centimetres (11.6 in) SL.

Etymology

The catfish is named in honor of Han Nijssen (1935-2013), of the Zoölogisch Museum.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Metaloricaria nijsseni". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Metaloricaria nijsseni


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