Rhamdia laluchensis
Weber, Allegrucci and Sbordoni 2003
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Siluriformes | Siluroidei | Heptapteridae |
Synonyms
None.
Country
MéxicoTypes
Holotype: ZMH 9373, 119.5mm SL. Paratypes: ZMH 9374, 4 specimens, 60.2-77.0mm SL; BMNH 1982.10.27:1-5, 5 specimens, 65.3-108.7mm SL.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality: Sistema de La Lucha, Municipio Ocozocoautla, Chiapas, Mexico (entrance c. 5 km southwest of the village of Aguablanca on the eastern shore of the Malpaso Reservoir) (17o03’40”N, 93o53’23”W).
Habitat
The Sistema de La Lucha normally carries a small resurgent stream but floods dramatically at times. The stream rises from a flooded passage and both the outlet and a lake further downstream contain many individuals of R. laluchensis. Water temperature was 18oC in April. There is a rich fauna within the cave. (Details from Weber, Allegrucci and Sbordoni 2003). A very troglomorphic species of Procambarus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae), Procambarus adani Álvarez, Torres and Villalobos 2021, is also found in this cave suggesting that it has been isolated from surface to cave geneflow for a long time.
Systematics
A member of the Rhamdia laticauda species group (Weber 1996). Probably reproductively isolated from other populations of Rhamdia.
Arroyave and De La Cruz-Fernandez (2021) studied all four Mexican troglobitic Rhamdia (R. reddelli, R. zongolicensis, R. macuspanensis and R. laluchensis) with both genetics and morphology. They discovered that all four species are probably populations of the epigean Rhamdia laticauda but they refrained from making nomenclatural decisions, and thus placing all four as troglobitic populations of R. laticauda, until further data become available. The four species thus retain their current names for the timebeing (August 2021).
Conservation Status
TLO [VU:3.1:2019]
Arroyave, J. and Schmitter-Soto, J. 2019. Rhamdia laluchensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T132675480A132675647. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T132675480A132675647.en. Downloaded on 04 February 2021.
Museum Holdings
As above only.
Key References
- Silfvergrip, A.M.C. (1996)
- Perdices, A., Bermingham, E., Montilla, A. and Doadrio, I. (2002)
- Weber, A, Allegrucci, G and Sbordoni, V (2003)
- Weber, A (2003)
- Hulsey, C.D. and Lopez-Fernandez, H. (2011)
- Palacios-Vargas, J.G., Juberthie, C. and Reddell, J. (2014-2015)
- Ricci, J.M.B.,Martinez, E.R.M., Butzge, A.J., Doretto, L.B., Oliveira, M.A., Bombardelli, R.A., Bogerd, J. and Nóbrega, R.H. (2018)
- Scaglione, M.C., Cerutti, R.D., Arfuso, F. and Piccione, G. (2018)
- Koerber, S. and Reis, R.E. (2019)
- Warren, M.L. and Burr, B.M. (2020)
- Thomas, M.R. and Sabaj, M.H. (2020)
- Koerber, S. and Reis, R.E. (2020)
- Álvarez, F., Torres, E. and Villalobos, J.L. (2021)
- Arroyave, J. and De La Cruz Fernández, D.A. (2021)
- Arroyave, J., Angulo, A., Hernández-Ávila, S.G., Buenavad-González, M.A., Rojas-Rodríguez.. P., Deleva, S., Ulloa, A., Picq, S., and McMahan, C.D. (2024)
| Silfvergrip, A.M.C. | Book | 1996 | A systematic revision of the neotropical catfish genus Rhamdia (Teleostei, Pimelodidae) |
| Perdices, A., Bermingham, E., Montilla, A. and Doadrio, I. | Journal Article | 2002 | Evolutionary history of the genus Rhamdia (Teleostei: Pimelodidae) in Central America |
| Weber, A, Allegrucci, G and Sbordoni, V | Journal Article | 2003 | Rhamdia laluchensis, a new species of troglobitic catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from Chiapas, Mexico |
| Weber, A | Thesis | 2003 | Taxonomie und Artstatus hohlenbewohnender und oberirdischer Welse der Gattung Rhamdia (Pimelodidae, Teleostei) in Mexiko |
| Hulsey, C.D. and Lopez-Fernandez, H. | Book Section | 2011 | Nuclear Central America |
| Palacios-Vargas, J.G., Juberthie, C. and Reddell, J. | Book | 2014-2015 | Encyclopaedia Biospeologica Mexico |
| Ricci, J.M.B.,Martinez, E.R.M., Butzge, A.J., Doretto, L.B., Oliveira, M.A., Bombardelli, R.A., Bogerd, J. and Nóbrega, R.H. | Journal Article | 2018 | Characterization of vasa homolog in a neotropical catfish, Jundiá (Rhamdia quelen): Molecular cloning and expression analysis during embryonic and larval development |
| Scaglione, M.C., Cerutti, R.D., Arfuso, F. and Piccione, G. | Journal Article | 2018 | Light and dark rations and the photic entrainment of circadian locomotor activity patterns in the South American Silver Catfish (Rhamdia quelen, Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) |
| Koerber, S. and Reis, R.E. | Journal Article | 2019 | The current situation of Rhamdia Bleeker, 1858 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) – Gather available information, define a zero point, and start all over again |
| Warren, M.L. and Burr, B.M. | Book | 2020 | Freshwater fishes of North America. Volume 2 Characidae to Poeciliidae |
| Thomas, M.R. and Sabaj, M.H. | Book Section | 2020 | Heptapteridae: Seven-finned catfishes |
| Koerber, S. and Reis, R.E. | Journal Article | 2020 | Evidence for the true type-locality of Rhamdia quelen (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae), and the geographical origin and invalid neotype designation of four of its synonyms |
| Álvarez, F., Torres, E. and Villalobos, J.L. | Journal Article | 2021 | New species of crayfish of the genus Procambarus, and notes on Procambarus pilosimanus (Decapoda:Cambaridae) from Chiapas, Mexico |
| Arroyave, J. and De La Cruz Fernández, D.A. | Journal Article | 2021 | Genetic and morphological evidence cast doubt on the validity of Mexican troglobitic species of the Neotropical catfish genus Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). |
| Arroyave, J., Angulo, A., Hernández-Ávila, S.G., Buenavad-González, M.A., Rojas-Rodríguez.. P., Deleva, S., Ulloa, A., Picq, S., and McMahan, C.D. | Journal Article | 2024 | New vouchered and taxonomically verified records of cave-dwelling populations of catfishes of the genus Rhamdia (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Costa Rica |