Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes
Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Loricariinae
Tribus: Loricariini
Genus: Farlowella
Species (27): F. acus – F. altocorpus – F. amazonum – F. colombiensis – F. curtirostra – F. gracilis – F. hahni – F. hasemani – F. henriquei – F. isbruckeri – F. jauruensis – F. knerii – F. mariaelenae – F. martini – F. nattereri – F. odontotumulus – F. oxyrryncha – F. paraguayensis – F. platoryncha – F. reticulata – F. rugosa – F. schreitmuelleri – F. smithi – F. taphorni – F. venezuelensis – F. vittata – F. yarigui
Name
Farlowella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
Type species: Acestra acus Kner, 1853
References
Primary references
Kner, R. 1853. Die Panzerwelse des K.K. Hof-naturalien-Cabinetes zu Wien. I. Abtheilung. Loricarinae. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 6: 65–98. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12577 Reference page.
Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S. 1889. Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. II. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) 2: 28–56. BHL Reference page. [see page 32]
Additional references
Retzer, M.E. 2006. A new species of Farlowella Eigenmann and Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a stickcatfish from Bolivia Zootaxa 1282: 59–68. Abstract & excerpt Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Whiptail Catfish
português: Farol-vela, Jotoxi
Farlowella is a 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] Many of these 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] The genus name of 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, 2006
Farlowella amazonum (Günther, 1864)[3]
Farlowella colombiensis Retzer & Page, 1997
Farlowella curtirostra G. S. Myers, 1942
Farlowella gianetii Ballen, Pastana & L. A. W. Peixoto, 2016 [4]
Farlowella gracilis Regan, 1904
Farlowella hahni Meinken, 1937
Farlowella hasemani C. H. Eigenmann & Vance, 1917
Farlowella henriquei A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Farlowella isbruckeri Retzer & Page, 1997
Farlowella jauruensis C. H. Eigenmann & Vance, 1917 [4]
Farlowella knerii (Steindachner, 1882)
Farlowella mariaelenae Martín Salazar, 1964
Farlowella martini Fernández-Yépez, 1972
Farlowella mitoupibo Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla & Zamudio, 2016 [5]
Farlowella nattereri Steindachner, 1910
Farlowella odontotumulus Retzer & Page, 1997
Farlowella oxyrryncha (Kner, 1853)
Farlowella paraguayensis Retzer & Page, 1997
Farlowella platorynchus Retzer & Page, 1997
Farlowella reticulata Boeseman, 1971
Farlowella rugosa Boeseman, 1971
Farlowella schreitmuelleri C. G. E. Ahl, 1937
Farlowella smithi Fowler, 1913
Farlowella taphorni Retzer & Page, 1997
Farlowella venezuelensis Martín Salazar, 1964
Farlowella vittata G. S. Myers, 1942
Farlowella wuyjugu Dopazo, Wosiacki & Britto, 2023
Farlowella yarigui Ballen & Mojica, 2014 [6]
References
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.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Farlowella". FishBase. October 2016 version.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Farlowella amazonum (Günther, 1864)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
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.
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