Phreatobius cisternarum

Phreatobius cisternarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Phreatobius
Species:
P. cisternarum
Binomial name
Phreatobius cisternarum
Goeldi, 1905

Phreatobius cisternarum is a species of catfish in the genus Phreatobius.[2] This Brazilian fish is one of the few fish species that live underground in phreatic habitats.[3] It has proved problematic in its classification.[4]

  1. ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Phreatobius cisternarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T40714A140647056. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference paz327 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Fernandez, Luis (May 2005). "Risk of Extinction of a Rare Catfish of Andean Groundwater and its Priority for Conservation" (PDF). Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment. 34 (3): 269–270. doi:10.1639/0044-7447(2005)034[0269:ROEOAR]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0044-7447. PMID 16042289. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  4. ^ Muriel-Cunha et al. (2005): page 328