Trachelyopterus lucenai

Trachelyopterus lucenai is a freshwater member of the family Auchenipteridae that is native to Brazil. It has only been found in the JacuĂ­ River basin in Rio Grande do Sul. Like many Siluriformes it is demersal, which is one of the reasons it has only been recently identified.[2]

Trachelyopterus lucenai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Genus: Trachelyopterus
Species:
T. lucenai
Binomial name
Trachelyopterus lucenai
Bertoletti (pt), J. F. P. da Silva & E. H. L. Pereira, 1995[1]

References

  1. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Trachelyopterus lucenai". Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Trachelyopterus lucenai" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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