Aphanotorulus unicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Aphanotorulus
Species:
A. unicolor
Binomial name
Aphanotorulus unicolor
(Steindachner, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Plecostomus unicolor
  • Hypostomus unicolor
  • Plecostomus madeirae
  • Hypostomus madeirae
  • Plecostomus popoi
  • Hypostomus popoi
  • Plecostomus micropunctatus
  • Hypostomus micropunctatus
  • Plecostomus chaparae
  • Plecostomus chapare
  • Hypostomus chapare
  • Aphanotorulus frankei

Aphanotorulus unicolor[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Amazon River basin. The species reaches 13.9 cm (5.5 inches) SL.[2]

A. unicolor was originally described as Plecostomus unicolor by Franz Steindachner in 1908. It was subsequently listed as a member of Aphanotorulus by I. J. H. Isbrücker, I. Seidel, J. Michels, E. Schraml, and A. Werner in 2001.[3] In 2004, Jonathan W. Armbruster classified the species within Hypostomus instead of Aphanotorulus.[4] In 2016, following a review of Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus by C. Keith Ray and Armbruster (both of Auburn University), the species was transferred once again to Aphanotorulus.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Aphanotorulus unicolor". FishBase.
  3. ↑ Isbrucker, I., Seidel, I., Michels, J., Schraml, E., & Werner, A. (2001). Diagnose vierzehn neuer Gattungen der Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Teleostei, Ostariophysi).
  4. 1 2 Ray, C. Keith; Armbruster, Jonathan W. (February 4, 2016). "The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4072 (5): 501–539. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.5.1. PMID 27395943.


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