Pariolius maldonadoi explained

Pariolius maldonadoi is a species of three-barbeled catfish was found in the small creeks and tributaries of the Upper Orinoco and Negro Rivers in Colombia. This species grows to a length of 3.2cm (01.3inches) SL and inhabits sand and gravel bottoms of creeks of relatively fast flowing water as well as sluggish waters of the same streams where aquatic vegetation is lacking. It feeds mainly on Trichoptera larvae.^[1]

Etymology

The fishes name is in memoriam to Javier Maldonado-Ocampo, professor of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia for his contributions and his devotion to the Colombian and Neotropical Ichthyology.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Faustino-Fuster . D. R. . López-Castaño . J. A. . Quiñones . J. M. . Meza-Vargas . V. . 2024 . Increasing the species diversity of the monotypic genus Pariolius Cope 1872 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) after more than 150 years . Zootaxa . 5433 . 3 . 389–403 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.3.6.
2. Web site: New species: Pariolius maldonadoi and Pariolius pax . AquaInfo . 20 April 2024 .
3. Web site: Order SILURIFORMES: Families HEPTAPTERIDAE, PHREATOBIIDAE, PIMELODIDAE and PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE . 5 August 2024 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 17 June 2024 . v. 31.0.