Nematogenys cuivi
| Nematogenys cuivi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Nematogenyidae |
| Genus: | Nematogenys |
| Species: | †N. cuivi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nematogenys cuivi Azpelicueta & Rubilar, 1998
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Nematogenys cuivi is a Miocene species of fossil ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nematogenyidae, the mountain catfishes. This species was described from a fossil found in the fluviolacustrine, i.e. sediments deposited by both rivers and lakes, in the upper Cura–Mallín Formation between 37°S and 39°S in Chile. The only other member of this family is the extant Nematogenys inermis of Central Chile.[1]
References
- ^ Maria De Las Mercedes Azpelicueta & Alfonso Rubilar (1998). "A Miocene Nematogenys (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Nematogenyidae) from south-central Chile". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (3): 475–483. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011075.