Denticetopsis royeroi is a species of whale catfish endemic to Venezuela where it is only known from the holotype collected in a tributary to the upper Rio Negro.[1] This species grows to a length of 1.8 cm (0.7 inches).
Denticetopsis royeroi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Cetopsidae |
Genus: | Denticetopsis |
Species: | D. royeroi
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Binomial name | |
Denticetopsis royeroi Ferraris, 1996
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Denticetopsis royeroi". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Vari, Richard P.; Ferraris, Carl J.; de Pinna, Mário C. C. (2005). "The Neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 3 (2): 127–238. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000200001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.