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Pogonopoma obscurum Quevedo & Reis, 2002

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
Pogonopoma obscurum Quevedo & Reis, 2002
Name authority
Quevedo & Reis, 2002
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Loricariidae
Genus
Pogonopoma
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. familyLoricariidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. subfamilyRhinelepinae Armbruster, 2004
  13. genusPogonopoma Regan, 1904
  14. speciesPogonopoma obscurum Quevedo & Reis, 2002

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Pogonopoma parahybae (Steindachner, 1877)LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pogonopoma wertheimeri (Steindachner, 1867)LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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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. Quevedo, R., & Reis, R. E. (2002). Pogonopoma obscurum: A New Species of Loricariid Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Southern Brazil, with Comments on the Genus Pogonopoma. Copeia, 2002. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0402:poanso]2.0.co;2 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:4KVY6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.