Fonchiiichthys
Fonchiiichthys is a small genus of catfish from Central and South America. It is often considered to be monotypic, containing only F. uracanthus.
| Fonchiiichthys | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Genus: | Fonchiiichthys Isbrücker & Michels, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Loricaria uracantha (Kner, 1863) | |
Fonchiiichthys has recently been considered invalid, having been synonymised with Rineloricaria, along with Ixinandria, Hemiloricaria, and Leliella.[1] However, FishBase still considers Fonchiiichthys and Ixinandria as valid.
Species
There are currently two recognized species:[2]
- Fonchiiichthys rupestris (Schultz, 1944)
- Fonchiiichthys uracanthus (Kner, 1863)
References
- Raphaël Covain; Sonia Fisch-Muller; Claudio Oliveira; Jan H Mol; Juan I Montoya-Burgos; Stéphane Dray (Jan 2016). "Molecular phylogeny of the highly diversified catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) reveals incongruences with morphological classification". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 94 ((Pt B)): 492–517. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.018. PMID 26516029.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Fonchiiichthys in FishBase. March 2024 version.
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