Goeldiella

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Goeldiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Goeldiella
C. H. Eigenmann & A. A. Norris, 1900
Species:
G. eques
Binomial name
Goeldiella eques
Synonyms
  • Pimelodus eques Müller & Troschel, 1849

Goeldiella eques is a species of three-barbeled catfish that occurs in the Guianas and the Amazon basin of Brazil, Peru and Venezuela.[1] This fish reaches a length of 28.9 centimetres (11.4 in) SL.[1] It is the only species of its genus.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Goeldiella eques" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
  2. ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.