Stellantia
| Stellantia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Stellantia Armbruster & Lujan, 2025 |
| Species: | S. siderea
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| Binomial name | |
| Stellantia siderea (Armbruster, 2004)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pseudancistrus sidereus | |
Stellantia siderea is a species of armored catfish known only from the upper Orinoco basin in Amazonas state, Venezuela.[2] It is the only member of the monospecific genus Stellantia, which forms a tribe with its also monotypic sister genus Colossimystax.[3]
This is a fairly large loricariid (up to 17.6 centimetres (6.9 in) standard length),[4] and is distinguished from its congeners by a strong keel on the caudal peduncle and the colour scheme which is generally very dark with bright white or yellow spots on the upperside.[2]
References
- ^ Armbruster, J.W. (2023). "Pseudancistrus sidereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T176024212A176024225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T176024212A176024225.en. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ a b Armbruster, J.W. (2004). "Pseudancistrus sidereus, a new species from southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a redescription of Pseudancistrus" (PDF). Zootaxa. 628: 1–15. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.628.1.1.
- ^ Jonathan Armbruster; Nathan K. Lujan (January 2025). "New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and two new genera". Neotropical Ichthyology. 22 (4). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0108.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudancistrus sidereus". FishBase. November 2014 version.