Isorineloricaria villarsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Isorineloricaria
Species:
I. villarsi
Binomial name
Isorineloricaria villarsi
(Lütken, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Plecostomus villarsi
  • Hypostomus villarsi
  • Squaliforma villarsi

Isorineloricaria villarsi[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known only from Venezuela. The species reaches 32 cm (12.6 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[2]

Isorineloricaria villarsi was originally described as a member of Plecostomus by Christian Frederik Lütken in 1874, although it was subsequently transferred to Hypostomus after Plecostomus was found to be an invalid genus. It was later classified within the now-invalid genus Squaliforma, although a 2016 taxonomic review of the genera Aphanotorulus and Isorineloricaria conducted by Jonathan W. Armbruster (of Auburn University) and C. Keith Ray found it to be a member of Isorineloricaria.[3] FishBase lists the species as Squaliforma villarsi.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Isorineloricaria villarsi (Lütken, 1874) Lutken, 1874". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Squaliforma villarsi". FishBase.
  3. ↑ Ray, C. K., & Armbruster, J. W. (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


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