Exostoma vinciguerrae
Exostoma vinciguerrae is a species of sisorid catfish from Myanmar and India. This species reaches a length of 3.6 cm (1.4 in).[1]
| Exostoma vinciguerrae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Sisoridae |
| Genus: | Exostoma |
| Species: | E. vinciguerrae |
| Binomial name | |
| Exostoma vinciguerrae Regan, 1905 | |
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of physician-ichthyologist Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934).[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Exostoma vinciguerrae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- Vishwanath, W. and H. Joyshree, 2007. A new Sisorid catfish of the genus Exostoma Blith from Manipur, India. Zoo's Print Journal 22(1):2531–2534.
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