Phreatobius sanguijuela
Fernandez, Saucedo, Carvajal and Schaefer 2007
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Siluriformes | Siluroidei | Phreatobiidae |
Synonyms
None.
Country
Bolivia, BrazilTypes
Holotype: UMSS 1785 42.1mm SL. Paratypes: MNKP 5373 27.8mm SL and 32.3mm SL.
Distribution
Type locality: Artificial well, Comunidad de Porvenir, 13°59'14.44"S, 61°32'27.05"W, Río Iténez basin, Dept. Santa Cruz, Bolivia, elevation 172 meters. Known also from eight wells near São Francisco do Guaporé, Rondônia State, Brazil (Ohara, Dacosta and Fonseca 2016).
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
(Sarmiento, J., Maldonado, M. & Carvajal, F. 2016. Phreatobius sanguijuela. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830568A53818543.en. Downloaded on 07 July 2017).
Museum Holdings
As above only.
Key References
- Fuhrmann, O. (1905)
- Fuhrmann, O. (1905)
- Goeldi, E. (1905)
- Eigenmann, C. H. (1918)
- Eigenmann, C.H. (1919)
- Reichel, M. (1927)
- Myers, G. S. (1944)
- Gosline, W. A. (1945)
- Fowler, H.W. (1954)
- DeCarvalho, A.L. (1967)
- Chardon, M. (1968)
- Buckup, P. A. (1988)
- Henderson, P. A. (1990)
- Lundberg, J.G., Bornbusch, A.H. and Mago-Leccia, F. (1991)
- de Pinna, M.C.C. (1998)
- Trajano, E. (2003)
- Muriel-Cunha, J. and de Pinna, M.C.C. (2005)
- Shibatta, O.A., Muriel-Cunha, J. and de Pinna, M.C.C. (2007)
- Fernandez, L., Saucedo, L.J., Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. and Schaefer, S.A. (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)
- Sarmiento, J., Bigorne, R., Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M., Maldonado, M., Leciak, E. and Oberdorff, T. (2014)
- Ohara, W.M., Da Costa, I.D. and Fonseca, M.L. (2016)
- Trajano, E., Gallao, J.E. and Bichuette, M.E. (2016)
- Fernandez, L., Bize, J.A. and Lopez, H.L. (2017)
- Gallão, J.E. and Bichuette M.E. (2018)
- 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 |
| Goeldi, E. | Journal Article | 1905 | Nova zoologica aus der Amazonas-Region. Neue Wirbeltiere |
| Eigenmann, C. H. | Journal Article | 1918 | The Pygidiidae, a family of South American catfishes |
| Eigenmann, C.H. | Journal Article | 1919 | Trogloglanis pattersoni, a new blind fish from San Antonio, Texas |
| Reichel, M. | Journal Article | 1927 | Etude anatomique du Phreatobius cisternarum Goeldi, Silure aveugle du Bresil |
| Myers, G. S. | Journal Article | 1944 | Two extraordinary new blind nematognath fishes from the Rio Negro, representing a new subfamily of Pygidiidae, with a rearrangement of the genera of the family |
| Gosline, W. A. | Journal Article | 1945 | Catalogo dos nematognathos de agua-doce da America do Sol e Central |
| Fowler, H.W. | Journal Article | 1954 | Os peixes de agua doce do Brasil. Vol. 2 |
| DeCarvalho, A.L. | Book Section | 1967 | Novas dados para o conhecimento de Phreatobius cisternarum Goeldi (Pisces, Pygidiidae, Phreatobiinae) |
| Chardon, M. | Journal Article | 1968 | Anatomie comparee de l'appareil de Weber et des structures connexes chez les Siluriformes |
| Buckup, P. A. | Journal Article | 1988 | The genus Heptapterus (Teleostei, Pimelodidae) in southern Brazil and Uruguay, with the description of a new species |
| Henderson, P. A. | Journal Article | 1990 | Fish of the Amazonian Igapo: stability and conservation in a high diversity-low biomass system |
| Lundberg, J.G., Bornbusch, A.H. and Mago-Leccia, F. | Journal Article | 1991 | Gladioglanis conquistador n.sp. from Ecuador with diagnoses of the subfamilies Rhamdiinae Bleeker and Pseudopimelodinae n. subf. (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) |
| de Pinna, M.C.C. | Book Section | 1998 | Phylogenetic relationships of Neotropical Siluriformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi): Historical overview and synthesis of hypotheses |
| Trajano, E. | Book Section | 2003 | Ecology and ethology of subterranean catfishes |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Sarmiento, J., Bigorne, R., Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M., Maldonado, M., Leciak, E. and Oberdorff, T. | Book | 2014 | Peces de Bolivia Bolivian fishes |
| 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) |
| Trajano, E., Gallao, J.E. and Bichuette, M.E. | Journal Article | 2016 | Spots of high biodiversity of troglobites in Brazil: the challenge of measuring subterranean diversity |
| Fernandez, L., Bize, J.A. and Lopez, H.L. | Journal Article | 2017 | Peces subterráneos de Sudamérica |
| Gallão, J.E. and Bichuette M.E. | Journal Article | 2018 | Brazilian obligatory subterranean fauna and threats to the hypogean environment |
| 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 |