''Chinchaysuyoa'' is a
genus of
catfishes in the
family Ariidae. They are found in freshwater habitats along the
Pacific Coast
Pacific coast may be used to reference any coastline that borders the Pacific Ocean.
Geography Americas
Countries on the western side of the Americas have a Pacific coast as their western or southwestern border, except for Panama, where the Pac ...
of northern
South America. This genus was named after
Chinchay Suyu, the
Incan name for the region that these fishes are native to.
Species
There are currently two species in this genus:
* ''
Chinchaysuyoa labiata
''Chinchaysuyoa labiata'' is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was first described under the genus ''Arius (fish), Arius'' as ''Arius labiatus'' in 1898. Another fish species, ''Hexanematichthys henni'', was described by Homer Glenn ...
''
(Boulenger Boulenger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Benjamin Boulenger (born 1990), French footballer
* Edward George Boulenger (1888–1946), British zoologist, director of aquarium at London Zoo
* George Albert Boulenger (1858–1 ...
, 1898)
* ''
Chinchaysuyoa ortegai
''Chinchaysuyoa ortegai'' is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It is endemic to freshwater bodies in northern Peru. Specimens of this species were formerly classified as ''Hexanematichthys henni'' (now '' C. labiata'') until they were ...
'' (
Marceniuk, Marchena
''Marchena'' is a genus of jumping spiders only found in the United States. Its only described species, ''M. minuta'', dwells on the barks of conifers along the west coast, especially California, Washington and Nevada.Maddison, Wayne. 199 ...
, Oliveira, Betancur-R, 2019)
References
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Ariidae
Catfish genera
Freshwater fish genera