Scleromystax
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Pelmet Panzerwelse ( Scleromystax barbatus ) |
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| Günther , 1864 |
Scleromystax is a genus from the family of callichthyidae (Callichthyidae). It occurs in numerous Brazilian coastal rivers from southern Bahia to southern Santa Catarina . The genus was established in 1864 by the German zoologist Albert Günther as a sub-genus of Callichthys , was givengenus status in 1888 by the American ichthyologist couple Rosa Smith Eigenmann and Carl H. Eigenmann , was later synonymous with Corydoras and has been an independent genus again since 2003.
features
Scleromystax species are 5.5 to 10 cm long and have a slimmer appearance than the other armored catfish genera. Their coloring is characterized by a striking pattern of stripes or spots. In the males, the preoperculum and gill cover are provided with odontodes . The genus is diagnostically distinguished from other armored catfish genera by the morphology of the skull bones, and from the genus Aspidoras additionally by the shorter ossified section of the pectoral spine, which is longer than half the length of the first branched pectoral fin ray.
species
- Banded Corydoras ( Scleromystax barbatus ) ( Quoy & Gaimard , 1824) ( type species )
- Scleromystax lacerdai (Hieronimus, 1995)
- Scleromystax macropterus ( Regan , 1913)
- Scleromystax prionotos (Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980)
- Scleromystax reisi Britto et al., 2016
- Scleromystax salmacis Britto & Reis, 2005
literature
- Marcelo R. Britto: Phylogeny of the subfamily Corydoradinae Hoedeman, 1952 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae), with a definition of its genera . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 153: 119-154. December 2003 doi : 10.1635 / 0097-3157 (2003) 153 [0119: POTSCH] 2.0.CO; 2
- Marcelo R. Britto; Roberto E. Reis: A new Scleromystax species (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from coastal rivers of southern Brazil. Neotrope. ichthyol. vol. 3 no.4 Porto Alegre Oct./Dec. 2005 doi: 10.1590 / S1679-62252005000400005
Web links
- Scleromystax on Fishbase.org (English)
Remarks
- ↑ See, for example, Axel Zarske: Corydoras barbatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1840) , Corydoras macropterus Regan, 1913 and Corydoras prionotos Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (eds.): Das große Lexikon der Aquaristik. 2 volumes. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , pp. 261, 268 and 272.