Glaphyropoma rodriguesi is a species of pencil catfish endemic to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) SL.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Trichomycteridae |
Genus: | Glaphyropoma |
Species: | G. rodriguesi |
Binomial name | |
Glaphyropoma rodriguesi de Pinna, 1992 | |
The catfish is named in honor of herpetologist Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues (b. 1953), of the Universidade de São Paulo, who, along with his students, collected and discovered the first-known specimens of this subfamily from a high-altitude region of north-eastern central Brazil.[1]
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