Typhlobelus macromycterus Costa & Bockmann, 1994
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
- Typhlobelus macromycterus Costa & Bockmann, 1994
- Name authority
- Costa & Bockmann, 1994
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Trichomycteridae
- Genus
- Typhlobelus
- 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
- familyTrichomycteridae Bleeker, 1858
- subfamilyGlanapteryginae Myers, 1944
- genusTyphlobelus Myers, 1944
- speciesTyphlobelus macromycterus Costa & Bockmann, 1994
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Typhlobelus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Typhlobelus guacamaya Schaefer, Provenzano, de Pinna & Baskin, 2005 | TrichomycteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Typhlobelus auriculatus de Pinna & Zuanon, 2013 | TrichomycteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Typhlobelus lundbergi Schaefer, Provenzano, de Pinna & Baskin, 2005 | TrichomycteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Typhlobelus ternetzi Myers, 1944 | TrichomycteridaeChordata | 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.
- Costa, W. J. E. M. and F. A. Bockmann. (1994). Typhlobelus macromycterus, a new blind glanapterygine fish (Siluriformes Trichomycteridae) from the Rio Tocantins, Brazil. Tropical Zoology, 7 (1): 67–72. https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.1994.10539241 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:59VG5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.