Hypoptopoma baileyi
| Hypoptopoma baileyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypoptopoma |
| Species: | H. baileyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypoptopoma baileyi | |
Hypoptopoma baileyi is a species of catfish of the family Loricariidae.
This catfish reaches a maximum length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) SL. It is demersal, being found in fresh water in the tropics.
Hypoptopoma baileyi is native to South America, Río Iténez, in the upper Rio Madeira basin, along the border between Bolivia and Brazil.
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Reeve M. Bailey (1911-2011) of the University of Michigan, who helped collect the type specimen in 1964.[1]
Interactions with humans[edit]
Hypoptopoma baileyi is harmless to humans.
References[edit]
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Hypoptopoma baileyi" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
- Aquino, A.E. and S.A. Schaefer, 2010. Systematics of the genus Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 336:1-110.
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