Phreatobius dracunculus
Shibatta, Muriel-Cunha and De Pinna 2007
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Siluriformes | Siluroidei | Phreatobiidae |
Synonyms
None.
Country
BrazilTypes
Holotype: MZUSP 93955. Paratypes: MZUEL 4761; MZUSP 91680, MZUSP 93956, MZUSP 93957, MZUSP 93958.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality: Hand-dug well in settlement of Rio Prado, about 90 kilometers south of City of Porto Velho, area of Rio Branco drainage, Rondônia State, Brazil. 9°34'10.7"S, 63°58'08.2"W.
Systematics
See discussion under P. cisternarum.
Biological Notes
Perez et al. (2020) found the following: "Histological analysis showed that the vestigial eyes of Phreatobius cisternarum contain a rudimentary lens. Transcriptome analysis revealed a repertoire of eleven visual and non-visual opsins and the expression of 36 genes involved in lens development and maintenance. In contrast to other cavefish species, such as Astyanax mexicanus, Phreatichthys andruzzii, Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus and Sinocyclocheilus microphthalmus, neuromast staining patterns did not show an increase in the number of sensory hair cells" (from their Abstract). Further important results on this very significant subterranean fish, which has hardly been studied, are expected from this research group.
Conservation Status
MuG TLO [NE]
Museum Holdings
As above only.
Internet Resources
Genbank sequences for Phreatobius dracunculus:
Phreatobius dracunculus voucher MZUSP:93956 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; mitochondrial
Key References
- Fuhrmann, O. (1905)
- Fuhrmann, O. (1905)
- Reichel, M. (1927)
- DeCarvalho, A.L. (1967)
- de Pinna, M.C.C. (1998)
- Muriel-Cunha, J. and de Pinna, M.C.C. (2005)
- Fernandez, L., Saucedo, L.J., Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. and Schaefer, S.A. (2007)
- Shibatta, O.A., Muriel-Cunha, J. and de Pinna, M.C.C. (2007)
- Muriel-Cunha, J., Pinna, M. de and Zuanon, J. (2008)
- Muriel-Cunha, J. and de Pinna, M.C.C. (2008)
- Muriel-Cunha, J. (2008)
- Trajano, E. and Bichuette, M.E. (2010)
- Ohara, W.M., Da Costa, I.D. and Fonseca, M.L. (2016)
- Fernandez, L., Bize, J.A. and Lopez, H.L. (2017)
- Mariluz, B.R. (2019)
- Liu, A. Schneider, P. and Taylor,J. (2019)
- Perez, L.N., Mariluz, B.R., Lorena, J., Liu, A., Sousa, M.P., Martins, R.A.P., Taylor, J.S. and Schneider, P.N. (2021)
| Fuhrmann, O. | Journal Article | 1905 | Scleropages formosum und uber Phreatobius cisternarum |
| Fuhrmann, O. | Journal Article | 1905 | Scleropages formosum und uber Phreatobius cisterarum |
| Reichel, M. | Journal Article | 1927 | Etude anatomique du Phreatobius cisternarum Goeldi, Silure aveugle du Bresil |
| DeCarvalho, A.L. | Book Section | 1967 | Novas dados para o conhecimento de Phreatobius cisternarum Goeldi (Pisces, Pygidiidae, Phreatobiinae) |
| de Pinna, M.C.C. | Book Section | 1998 | Phylogenetic relationships of Neotropical Siluriformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi): Historical overview and synthesis of hypotheses |
| Muriel-Cunha, J. and de Pinna, M.C.C. | Journal Article | 2005 | New data on cistern catfish, Phreatobius cisternarum, from subterranean waters at the mouth of the Amazon River (Siluriformes, Incertae Sedis) |
| Fernandez, L., Saucedo, L.J., Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. and Schaefer, S.A. | Journal Article | 2007 | A new catfish of the genus Phreatobius Goeldi 1905 from groundwaters of the Itenez River, Bolivia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) |
| Shibatta, O.A., Muriel-Cunha, J. and de Pinna, M.C.C. | Journal Article | 2007 | A new subterranean species of Phreatobius Goeldi, 1905 (Siluriformes, incertae sedis) from the southwestern Amazon basin |
| Muriel-Cunha, J., Pinna, M. de and Zuanon, J. | Journal Article | 2008 | The first vertebrate from the hyporheic: a new species of Phreatobius Goeldi, 1905 (Siluriformes, incertae Sedis) from northern Amazon, Brazil |
| Muriel-Cunha, J. and de Pinna, M.C.C. | Journal Article | 2008 | Using DNA to resolve the phylogenetic placement of a morphologically aberrant taxon, the stygal catfish Phreatobius (Goeldi, 1905) (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) |
| Muriel-Cunha, J. | Thesis | 2008 | Biodiversidade e sistematica molecular de Phreatobiidae (stariophysi: Siluriformes) - com una proposta sobre sua posicao filogenetica em Siluriformes e uma discussao sobre a evolucao do habito subterraneo |
| Trajano, E. and Bichuette, M.E. | Book Section | 2010 | Subterranean fishes of Brazil |
| Ohara, W.M., Da Costa, I.D. and Fonseca, M.L. | Journal Article | 2016 | Behavioiur, feeding habits and ecology of the blind catfish Phreatobius sanguijuela (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) |
| Fernandez, L., Bize, J.A. and Lopez, H.L. | Journal Article | 2017 | Peces subterráneos de Sudamérica |
| Mariluz, B.R. | Thesis | 2019 | A base molecular das adaptações visuais nos genes das opsinas de anableps Anableps e Phreatobius cisternarum através da análise de transcriptoma |
| Liu, A. Schneider, P. and Taylor,J. | Conference Paper | 2019 | Opsins in the dark. Characterising light sensitive genes in the Brazilian eyeless cavefish Phreatobius cisternarum |
| Perez, L.N., Mariluz, B.R., Lorena, J., Liu, A., Sousa, M.P., Martins, R.A.P., Taylor, J.S. and Schneider, P.N. | Journal Article | 2021 | The subterranean catfish Phreatobius cisternarum provides insights into visual adaptations to the phreatic environment |