Curculionichthys karipuna Silva, Roxo, Melo & Oliveira, 2016
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 karipuna 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 rivers in the Guiana Shield in French Guiana and the Brazilian state of Amapá, it has been recorded from the Cassiporé River, an Atlantic coastal drainage in northern Amapá, and in tributaries of the Jari River and Amapari River in Brazil and from the Oyapock and Approuague basins in French Guiana. The species reaches a standard length of 2.4 cm (0.94 in). C. karipuna was described in 2016 by Gabriel S. C. Silva, Fábio F. Roxo, and Claudio Oliveira of São Paulo State University and Bruno F. Melo of the American Museum of Natural History.
Wikipedia contributors, Curculionichthys karipuna; 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 karipuna Silva, Roxo, Melo & Oliveira, 2016
- Name authority
- Silva, Roxo, Melo & Oliveira, 2016
- 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 karipuna Silva, Roxo, Melo & Oliveira, 2016
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 insperatus (Britski & Garavello, 2003) | 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 |
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.
- Silva, G. S. C., Roxo, F. F., Melo, B. F., & Oliveira, C. (2016). New species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield. Zootaxa, 4175. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.7 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:32JWQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.