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Gladioglanis machadoi Ferraris & Mago-Leccia, 1989

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Gladioglanis machadoi Ferraris & Mago-Leccia, 1989
Name authority
Ferraris & Mago-Leccia, 1989
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Heptapteridae
Genus
Gladioglanis
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderSiluriformes
  11. familyHeptapteridae Gill, 1861
  12. genusGladioglanis Ferraris & Mago-Leccia, 1989
  13. speciesGladioglanis machadoi Ferraris & Mago-Leccia, 1989

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Gladioglanis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gladioglanis conquistador Lundberg, Bornbusch & Mago-Leccia, 1991HeptapteridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gladioglanis anacanthus Rocha, de Oliveira & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008HeptapteridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 189 records assigned to Heptapteridae.

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.

  1. Ferraris, Jr. C. J.; Mago-Leccia, F. (1989). A new genus and species of pimelodid catfish from the Río Negro and Río Orinoco drainages of Venezuela (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Copeia 1989, 1. https://doi.org/10.2307/1445617 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:3G4FG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.