Sarcoglanis simplex

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Sarcoglanis simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Trichomycteridae Subfamily: Sarcoglanidinae Genus: Sarcoglanis Myers & Weitzman, 1966 Species: S. simplex
Binomial name
Sarcoglanis simplex Myers & Weitzman, 1966

Sarcoglanis simplex is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Sarcoglanis.^[1] This fish originates from the upper Rio Negro basin of Brazil.^[1][2] Stauroglanis is the sister group to a monophyletic group formed by Malacoglanis and Sarcoglanis.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
2. ^ "Sarcoglanis simplex". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
3. ^ de Pinna, Mario C. C. (August 9, 1989). "A New Sarcoglanidine Catfish, Phylogeny of Its Subfamily, and an Appraisal of the Phyletic Status of the Trichomycterinae (Teleostei, Trichomycteridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2950): 1–39.