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Niobichthys ferrarisi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Niobichthys Schaefer & Provenzano, 1998
Species:	N. ferrarisi
Binomial name
Niobichthys ferrarisi Schaefer & Provenzano-Rizzi, 1998

Niobichthys ferrarisi is the only species of the monotypic genus Niobichthys of loricariid catfish (order Siluriformes). N. ferrarisi is classified in the tribe Hypoptopomatini within the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae. This fish reaches a length of 7.0 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This species is endemic to Venezuela and occurs in the upper Baria River and the Rio Negro basin.

The fish is named in honor of Carl Ferraris, Jr. (born 1950), co-discoverer of this species and participant in the 1984 South American expedition to the type locality of the fish.

References

1. "Niobichthys ferrarisi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
2. Armbruster, Jonathan W. "Loricariid species". Retrieved 1 June 2006.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Niobichthys ferrarisi". FishBase. December 2011 version.
4. 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 7 November 2021.

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