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Pterygoplichthys anisitsi Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Eigenmann, C. H.; Kennedy C. H. (1903). On a collection of fishes from Paraguay, with a synopsis of the American genera of cichlids. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 55: 497-537. [Issue date on separate, mailing date on volume is 4 Sept. for pp. 497-528, 29 Sept. for 529-537.].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Loricariidae
genus
Pterygoplichthys
species
Pterygoplichthys anisitsi

Name

Synonyms
Ancistrus anisitsi (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)
Liposarcus anisitsi (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)
Homonyms
Pterygoplichthys anisitsi Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
Common names
Southern sailfin catfish in language.
Southern sailfin catfish in English
cascudo in language.
catfish in language.
guaimingué in language.
lumileväpleko in language.
maimingüé in language.
royal plec in language.
schneewels in language.
schwarzweißer segelschilderwels in language.
snow pleco in language.
southern sailfin catfish in English
southern sailfin catfish in English
vieja in language.
vieja de agua in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Eigenmann, C. H.; Kennedy C. H. (1903). On a collection of fishes from Paraguay, with a synopsis of the American genera of cichlids. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 55: 497-537. [Issue date on separate, mailing date on volume is 4 Sept. for pp. 497-528, 29 Sept. for 529-537.].
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
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