Metaloricaria nijsseni is a species of armored catfish endemic to Suriname where it occurs in the Suriname, Saramacca, Nickerie and Corantijn River basins. This species grows to a length of 29.5 centimetres (11.6 in) SL.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Metaloricaria |
| Species: | M. nijsseni
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| Binomial name | |
| Metaloricaria nijsseni Isbrücker, 1975
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Etymology edit
The catfish is named in honor of Han Nijssen (1935-2013), of the Zoölogisch Museum.[2]
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Metaloricaria nijsseni" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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