Whiptail catfish
Whiptail catfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Dasyloricaria |
Species: | D. filamentosa |
Binomial name | |
Dasyloricaria filamentosa (Steindachner, 1878) | |
Synonyms | |
Dasyloricaria seminuda Eigenmann & Vance, 1912 |
Whiptail catfish (Dasyloricaria filamentosa) is a species of armored catfish endemic to Colombia where it is found in the Magdalena River basin and is suspected to also occur in the Catatumbo River. This species grows to a length of 26 centimetres (10 in) SL. D. filamentosa is found in the aquarium trade.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dasyloricaria filamentosa". FishBase. December 2011 version.