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Kronichthys heylandi (Boulenger, 1900)

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There are three species in this genera, K. subteres Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908, K. heylandi (Boulenger, 1900), and K. lacerta (Nichols, 1919). Habitat: Inhabits coastal streams with rocky and sandy bottom. Etymology: The fish is named in honour of civil engineer Herbert K. Heyland (1849-1944), who collected the type specimen and presented the specimen to the British Museum to be described. Remarks: Redescribed in Gosline (1947: 106).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Plecostomus heylandi

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Eastern Brazilian coastal streams between Santos and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Type locality: Mountain stream in the Province São Paulo 400 feet above sea-level near Santos [Brazil].

Size:

15.0cm. TL. (6ins)

Temp:

20-24°c (67-75°f)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Kronichthys heylandi is widely distributed, frequent, and abundant. However, the high degree of degradation of the coastal basins between the Ribeira de Iguape River (SP) and the São João River (RJ) imposes diffuse threats on the different subpopulations of the species, which cannot yet be quantified but must be monitored. As current knowledge of these threats does not indicate a risk of extinction, Kronichthys heylandi has been listed in the Least Concern (LC) category (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Kronichthys heylandi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 05/2023 ).

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Kronichthys heylandi

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