Copionodon pecten

Copionodon pecten
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Copionodon
Species:
C. pecten
Binomial name
Copionodon pecten
de Pinna, 1992

Copionodon pecten 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 Mucujê River, a tributary of Paraguaçu River in Bahia, Brazil.[3] This species reaches a length of 6.2 cm (2.4 in). [4]

References

  1. ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Copionodon pecten". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022 e.T167723A134701184. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T167723A134701184.pt. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ de Pínna, M.C.C.; W. Wosiacki (2003). "Trichomycteridae (pencil or parasitic catfishes)". In R.E. Reis; S.O. Kullander; C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre, Brasil: EDIPUCRS. pp. 270–290.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Copionodon pecten". FishBase. February 2015 version.