Farlowella
Genus of fishes
Farlowella genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America . This genus is broadly distributed in Amazon , Orinoco , Paraná and coastal rivers of the Guyana Shield . It is absent from the Pacific slope of the Andes and from the coastal rivers of the Brazilian Shield .[ 1] species are kept in aquariums . This genus has a unique body shape that resembles a thin stick of wood. The body is slender and elongate, often with a pronounced rostrum and a brownish color with two lateral dark stripes beginning at the tip of the rostrum, passing over the eyes and ending at the tail, which are periodically interrupted on the caudal peduncle .[ 1]
Taxonomy
The genus is placed within the tribe Harttiini of the subfamily Loricariinae . Morphological , molecular and phylogenetic studies have placed Farlowella as sister to Sturisoma [ 1] Farlowella is named in honor of William Gilson Farlow , a famous American botanist of Harvard University whose main work was working with algae plants, the favorite food of this slender catfish .[ 2]
Species
There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus:[ 2]
Farlowella acus (Kner , 1853) Farlowella altocorpus Retzer , 2006Farlowella amazonum (Günther , 1864) [ 3] Farlowella colombiensis Retzer & Page , 1997Farlowella curtirostra G. S. Myers , 1942Farlowella gianetii Ballen , Pastana & L. A. W. Peixoto , 2016[ 4] Farlowella gracilis Regan , 1904Farlowella hahni Meinken , 1937Farlowella hasemani C. H. Eigenmann & Vance , 1917Farlowella henriquei A. Miranda-Ribeiro , 1918Farlowella isbruckeri Retzer & Page , 1997Farlowella jauruensis C. H. Eigenmann & Vance , 1917[ 4] Farlowella knerii (Steindachner , 1882) Farlowella mariaelenae Martín Salazar , 1964Farlowella martini Fernández-Yépez , 1972Farlowella mitoupibo Ballen , Urbano-Bonilla & Zamudio , 2016[ 5] Farlowella nattereri Steindachner , 1910Farlowella odontotumulus Retzer & Page , 1997Farlowella oxyrryncha (Kner , 1853) Farlowella paraguayensis Retzer & Page , 1997Farlowella platorynchus Retzer & Page, 1997 Farlowella reticulata Boeseman , 1971Farlowella rugosa Boeseman , 1971Farlowella schreitmuelleri C. G. E. Ahl , 1937Farlowella smithi Fowler , 1913Farlowella taphorni Retzer & Page , 1997Farlowella venezuelensis Martín Salazar , 1964Farlowella vittata G. S. Myers , 1942Farlowella wuyjugu Dopazo, Wosiacki & Britto, 2023 Farlowella yarigui Ballen & Mojica , 2014[ 6]
References
^ a b c Covain, R. & Fisch-Muller, S. (2007): The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis. Zootaxa, 1462: 1–40.
^ a b Froese, Rainer ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Farlowella " . FishBase ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Farlowella amazonum (Günther, 1864)" . www.marinespecies.org . Retrieved 2023-02-09 .^ a b Ballen, G.A., Pastana, M.N.L. & Peixoto, L.A.W. (2016): A new species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) of the F. nattereri species-group from the rio Xingu basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with comments on Farlowella jauruensis , a poorly-known species from the upper rio Paraguai basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (3): e160046.
^ Ballen, G.A., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Zamudio, J.E. (2016): Farlowella mitoupibo , a new species of stick catfish from the upper Guaviare River, Orinoco basin, Colombia (Teleostei: Loricariidae).Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 325–332.
^ Ballen, G.A. & Mojica, J.I. (2014): A new trans-Andean Stick Catfish of the genus Farlowella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with the first record of the genus for the río Magdalena Basin in Colombia. Zootaxa, 3765 (2): 134–142.
