Rhizosomichthys totae

Rhizosomichthys totae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Rhizosomichthys
Miles, 1943
Species: R. totae
Binomial name
Rhizosomichthys totae
(Miles, 1942)
Synonyms

Of Rhizosomichthys

  • Bathophilus
    Miles, 1942
  • Bathypygidium
    Whitley, 1947

Of Rhizosomichthys totae

  • Pygidium totae
    Miles, 1942

Rhizosomichthys totae (sometimes known as Greasefish[2] in English) was a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Rhizosomichthys.[3] This fish grew to about 13.8 centimetres (5.4 in) and was endemic to Colombia where it occurred in the Lake Tota basin.[4] It is listed as an critically endangered (possibly extinct) species by the IUCN Red List.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Rhizosomichthys totae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Gene S. Helfman: Fish Conservation: A Guide to Understanding and Restoring Global Aquatic Biodiversity and Fishery Resources Island Press, 2007 ISBN 1-55963-596-7
  3. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Rhizosomichthys totae" in FishBase. February 2012 version.


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