Farlowella acus (Kner, 1853)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Kner, R. 1853. Die Panzerwelse des K.K. Hof-naturalien-Cabinetes zu Wien. I. Abtheilung. Loricarinae. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 6: 65-98 (separate 1-34).
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Siluriformes
- family
- Loricariidae
- genus
- Farlowella
- species
- Farlowella acus
Name
- Synonyms
- Acestra acus Kner, 1853
- Farlowella scolopacina (De Filippi, 1853)
- Loricaria scolopacina De Filippi, 1853
- Homonyms
- Farlowella acus (Kner, 1853)
- Common names
- Twig catfish in English
- Whiptail Catfish in English
- krunýřovec jehlicovitý in Czech
- Игловидная фарловелла in Russian
Bibliographic References
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
- 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
- Melo-Ortiz, O. E., M. E. Retzer, S. Prada-Pedreros & G. A. Ballen. 2025. The taxonomic status of Farlowella colombiensis Retzer & Page 1997 with comments on species of the F. acus species group (Loricariidae: Loricariinae). Journal of Fish Biology: 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70063