Curculionichthys insperatus (Britski & Garavello, 2003)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Curculionichthys insperatus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. This catfish occurs in the Paraná River drainage in the Brazilian Federal District, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná and São Paulo. This specie is found in streams near banks covered with partially submerged vegetation. It reaches 3 cm (1.2 inches) standard length. C. insperatus was first formally described in 2003 as Hisonotus insperatus by Heraldo A. Britski and Julio C. Garavello with its type locality given as Rio Capivara in the Rio Tietê drainage at Botucatu in São Paulo State. In 2015 Fábio Fernandes Roxo, Gabriel de Souza da Costa e Silva, Luz E. Orrego, and Claudio de Oliveira proposed the new genus Curculionichthys for some species previously placed in the genus Hisonotus, with H.insperatus designated as its type species.
Wikipedia contributors, Curculionichthys insperatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:27:19.901273+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Curculionichthys insperatus (Britski & Garavello, 2003)
- Name authority
- (Britski & Garavello, 2003)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Curculionichthys
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyLoricariidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyHypoptopomatinae Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
- genusCurculionichthys Roxo, 2015
- speciesCurculionichthys insperatus (Britski & Garavello, 2003)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Curculionichthys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Curculionichthys coxipone Roxo, Silva, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2015 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Curculionichthys paresi (Roxo, Zawadzki & Troy, 2014) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Curculionichthys sagarana Roxo, Silva, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2015 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Curculionichthys itaim Roxo, Dias, Silva & Oliveira, 2017 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Curculionichthys hera Gamarra, Calegari & Reis, 2019 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Curculionichthys karipuna Silva, Roxo, Melo & Oliveira, 2016 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Curculionichthys luteofrenatus (Britski & Garavello, 2007) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Curculionichthys oliveirai (Roxo, Zawadzki & Troy, 2014) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Curculionichthys sabaji Roxo, Silva, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2015 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hisonotus insperatus Britski & Garavello, 2003 Britski & Garavello, 2003 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1009727 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32JWP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.