Metaloricaria nijsseni
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| Metaloricaria nijsseni | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Metaloricaria |
| Species: | M. nijsseni |
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| Metaloricaria nijsseni | |
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Metaloricaria nijsseni is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes.[2] This catfish is endemic to Suriname where it is found in the drainages of the Corantijne, Sipaliwini, Nickerie, Saramacca and Suriname rivers.[1] This species reaches a maximum standard length 29.5 cm (11.6 in).[3]
M. nijsseni was first formally described as Harttia nijsseni in 1976 by the Dutch ichthyologist Marinus Boeseman with its type locality given as the Sipaliwini River in southwestern Suriname.[2] The specific name honors the Dutch ichthyologist Han Nijssen of the Zoölogisch Museum, Amsterdam in recognition of his work on Neotropical catfishes.[4]
