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GBIF·9603551speciesAnimalia2 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyAspredinidae
  5. ›genusXyliphius
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IUCN DD · Data deficient

Xyliphius sofiae

Xyliphius sofiae Sabaj, Carvalho & Reis, 2017

First described in: Carvalho, T. P.; Reis, R. E.; Sabaj, M. H. (2017). Description of a New Blind and Rare Species of Xyliphius (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Amazon Basin Using High-Resolution Computed Tomography. <em>Copeia.</em> 105(1): 14-28.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9603551.