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: Characiformes
Superfamilia: Anostomoidea
Familia: Prochilodontidae
Genus: Ichthyoelephas
Species (2): I. humeralis – I. longirostris
Name
Ichthyoelephas Posada, 1909
Gender: Masculine
Type species: Ichthyoelephas patalo Posada, 1909
Type by monotypy
References
Posada, A. 1909: Los peces. Pp. 285-322. In: Estudios cientificos del doctor Andres Posada con algunos otros escritos suyos sobre diversos temas. Medellin, Colombia. [Overall work is pp. 1-432.]. Los peces del norte de Colombia.
Castro, R.M.C. & Vari, R.P. 2004: Detritivores of the South American fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): a phylogenetic and revisionary study. Smithsonian contributions to zoology, (622)
Links
Ichthyoelephas – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Ichthyoelephas in the World Register of Marine Species
Ichthyoelephas species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Ichthyoelephas and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ION
Ichthyoelephas – Taxon details on Nomenclator Zoologicus (NZ). [no record]
Vernacular names
Ichthyoelephas is a genus of South American freshwater fish from the family Prochilodontidae.[1]
There are two species in the genus: I. humeralis reaches a length of at least 40 cm (1.3 ft) and is found in the Santiago and Guayas river basins in Ecuador,[2] and I. longirostris reaches a length of 80 cm (2.6 ft) and is found in the Cauca–Magdalena river basin in Colombia.[3]
They feed on algae and detritus that are taken off rocks with their fleshy lips.[4][5] They are commercially important food fish.[4][5]
Species
There are two species:[1]
Ichthyoelephas humeralis (Günther, 1860)
Ichthyoelephas longirostris (Steindachner, 1879)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Ichthyoelephas in FishBase. October 2017 version.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Ichthyoelephas humeralis" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Ichthyoelephas longirostris" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
Jimenez-Segura, L.; Alonso, J. C. & Mojica, J. (2016). "Ichthyoelephas longirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T49830164A61473798. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830164A61473798.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
Laaz, E.; W. Aguirre (19 August 2017). "Prochilodontidae - Ichthyoelephas humeralis". The Freshwater Fishes of Western Ecuador. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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