Aphanotorulus gomesi

Aphanotorulus gomesi[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jaguaribe River basin. The species reaches 14.3 cm (5.6 inches) SL. It is thought to be a facultative air-breather.[2]

Aphanotorulus gomesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Aphanotorulus
Species:
A. gomesi
Binomial name
Aphanotorulus gomesi
(Fowler, 1942)
Synonyms
  • Hypostomus gomesi
  • Plecostomus gomesi
  • Plecostomus iheringi
  • Squaliforma gomesi

A. gomesi was originally described as Plecostomus iheringi by Henry Weed Fowler in 1941, although Fowler later invalidated this name in 1942, replacing it with Plecostomus gomesi to avoid confusion with Plecostomus iheringii (a species which is currently known as Hypostomus iheringii). It was transferred to the genus Squaliforma (now considered invalid) after the genus' designation by I. J. H. Isbrücker, I. Seidel, J. Michels, E. Schraml, and A. Werner in 2001.[3] In 2004, Jonathan W. Armbruster classified the species within Hypostomus instead of Squaliforma.[4] In 2016, following a review of Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus by C. Keith Ray and Armbruster (both of Auburn University), the species was reclassified as a member of Aphanotorulus, although FishBase still lists the species as Squaliforma gomesi.[4][2]

References
  1. "Aphanotorulus gomesi (Fowler 1941) Fowler 1941". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Squaliforma gomesi". FishBase.
  3. Isbrucker, I., Seidel, I., Michels, J., Schraml, E., & Werner, A. (2001). Diagnose vierzehn neuer Gattungen der Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Teleostei, Ostariophysi).
  4. Ray, C. K., & Armbruster, J. W. (2016). The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4072(5), 501–539. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.5.1
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