Chinchaysuyoa
| Chinchaysuyoa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Chinchaysuyoa Marceniuk, Marchena, Oliveira, and Betancur-R, 2019 |
Chinchaysuyoa is a genus of catfishes in the family Ariidae. They are found in freshwater habitats along the Pacific Coast of northern South America. This genus was named after Chinchay Suyu, the Incan name for the region that these fishes are native to.[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently two species in this genus:[1]
- Chinchaysuyoa labiata (Boulenger, 1898)
- Chinchaysuyoa ortegai (Marceniuk, Marchena, Oliveira, Betancur-R, 2019)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Alexandre Pires Marceniuk; José Marchena Dioses; Claudio Oliveira; Ricardo Betancur-Rodríguez (December 2018). "Chinchaysuyoa, a new genus of the fish family Ariidae (Siluriformes), with a redescription of Chinchaysuyoa labiata from Ecuador and a new species description from Peru". Zootaxa. 4551 (3): 361–378. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4551.3.5. PMID 30790813 – via ResearchGate.