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Astroblepus riberae

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Astroblepus riberae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Astroblepidae
Genus: Astroblepus
Species:
A. riberae
Binomial name
Astroblepus riberae
(Cardona & Guerao, 1994)

Astroblepus riberae is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. This cavefish is endemic to the Cajamarca region in Peru.[1][2]

Named in honor of Carles Ribera, University of Barcelona, a specialist in cavernicolous spiders, who collected the type specimen from Ninabamba caves in Peru.[3]


References

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  1. ^ "Astroblepus riberae". FishBase. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ^ Romero, A. (2001). The biology of hypogean fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. Springer Netherlands. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-4020-0076-8.
  3. ^ 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 10 March 2021.

Bibliography

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  • Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.