Copionodon lianae
| Copionodon lianae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Genus: | Copionodon |
| Species: | C. lianae
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| Binomial name | |
| Copionodon lianae Campanario & de Pinna, 2000
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Copionodon lianae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae and the subfamily Copionodontinae, the Chapada pencil catfishes.[2] It is found in the Grisante River, a tributary of the Mucujê River, which is a tributary of the Paraguaçu River in Bahia, Brazil.[3] This species reaches a length of 6.2 cm (2.4 in). [4]
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of ichthyologist Liana Figueiredo Mendes, of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, who collected the type specimens.[5]
References
- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2024). "Copionodon lianae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024 e.T186778A1818239. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T186778A1818239.pt. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ Campanario, C.M. and M.C.C. de Pinna, 2000. A new species of the primitive trichomycterid subfamily Copionodontinae from northeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 11(4):369-375.
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Copionodon lianae". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (25 September 2025). "Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Pencil and Parasitic Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 17 November 2025.