Taunayia bifasciata

Taunayia bifasciata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Taunayia
A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Species:
T. bifasciata
Binomial name
Taunayia bifasciata
Synonyms

Nannoglanis bifasciatus
C. H. Eigenmann & A. A. Norris, 1900
Taunayia marginata
A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1918

Taunayia bifasciata is a species of three-barbeled catfish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Upper Paraíba do Sul and Tietê River basins. This species grows to a length of 14.0 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.[1]

Although presently the only member of the genus Taunayia, an apparently undescribed, cave-adapted species is known from Campo Formoso, Bahia.[2]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Taunayia bifasciata". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  2. ^ Bockmann; and Castro (2010). The blind catfish from the caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae): description, anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, natural history, and biogeography. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 8(4). doi:10.1590/S1679-62252010000400001