Scleromystax reisi

Scleromystax reisi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Callichthyidae
Genus:	Scleromystax
Species:	S. reisi
Binomial name
	Scleromystax reisi; M. R. Britto, Fukakusa & L. R. Malabarba, 2016

Scleromystax reisi is a species of catfish of the family Callichthyidae. Its distribution is in the streams of tributaries of the rio Jacuí and rio Camaquã of the laguna dos Patos drainage, of the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.^[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Roberto E. Reis of the Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, because of his many contributions to neotropical ichthyology, and the studies of callichthyid fishes.^[2]

References

^ Britto, M.R., Fukakusa, C.K. & Malabarba, L.R. (2016): New species of Scleromystax Günther, 1864 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) - extending the meridional distribution of genera endemic to the Atlantic Forest. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (3): e150158.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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[Britto2016-1] Britto, M.R., Fukakusa, C.K. & Malabarba, L.R. (2016): New species of Scleromystax Günther, 1864 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) - extending the meridional distribution of genera endemic to the Atlantic Forest. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (3): e150158.

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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