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Curculionichthys itaim Roxo, Dias, Silva & Oliveira, 2017

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
Curculionichthys itaim Roxo, Dias, Silva & Oliveira, 2017
Name authority
Roxo, Dias, Silva & Oliveira, 2017
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.

  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. subfamilyHypoptopomatinae Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
  13. genusCurculionichthys Roxo, 2015
  14. speciesCurculionichthys itaim Roxo, Dias, Silva & Oliveira, 2017

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Curculionichthys coxipone Roxo, Silva, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2015LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curculionichthys paresi (Roxo, Zawadzki & Troy, 2014)LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curculionichthys sagarana Roxo, Silva, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2015LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curculionichthys hera Gamarra, Calegari & Reis, 2019LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curculionichthys insperatus (Britski & Garavello, 2003)LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curculionichthys karipuna Silva, Roxo, Melo & Oliveira, 2016LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curculionichthys luteofrenatus (Britski & Garavello, 2007)LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curculionichthys oliveirai (Roxo, Zawadzki & Troy, 2014)LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curculionichthys sabaji Roxo, Silva, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2015LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 823 records assigned to Loricariidae.

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. Roxo, F. F., Dias, A. C., Silva, G. S. C., & Oliveira, C. (2017). Two new species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Amazonas basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4341. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.5 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:D5G6B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.