Global InformationAstroblepus nicefori information
| Astroblepus nicefori | |
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Conservation status
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 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1).[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Astroblepidae |
| Genus: | Astroblepus |
| Species: | A. nicefori
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| Binomial name | |
| Astroblepus nicefori (G. S. Myers, 1932)
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Astroblepus nicefori is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. It can be found of the Cauca River and the Magdalena River in Colombia.[2][3]
Named in honor of Brother Hermano Nicéforo María (1888-1980), Museo del Instituto de La Salle, Bogotá; a Frenchman originally named Antoine Rouhaire Siauzade who became a missionary in Colombia under his monastic name, he sent a collection of Colombian freshwater fishes to Myers, including the type specimen of this one.[4]
- ^ S. Usma; L. Mesa-Salazar; P. Sanchez-Duarte; C. Lasso (2016). "Astroblepus nicefori". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Astroblepus nicefori". FishBase. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Astroblepus nicefori". Aquatab. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.