Astroblepus nicefori
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =.{{cite web | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/49830000/0 | title = Astroblepus nicefori | accessdate = 30 July 2017 | publisher = International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources | work = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | author1 = S. Usma | author2 = L. Mesa-Salazar| author3 = P. Sanchez-Duarte| author4 = C. Lasso| year = 2016}}
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| taxon = Astroblepus nicefori
| authority = (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.{{cite web|title=Astroblepus nicefori|url=http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=49697&genusname=Astroblepus&speciesname=nicefori|publisher=FishBase|accessdate=3 July 2014}}{{cite web|title=Astroblepus nicefori|url=http://aquatab.net/system/astroblepus-nicefori/|publisher=Aquatab|accessdate=3 July 2014}}
Etymology
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.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes2/ | title = Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE | access-date= 10 March 2021 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
References
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Bibliography
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. {{ISBN|0-940228-47-5}}.
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Category:Freshwater fish of Colombia
Category:Taxa named by George S. Myers
Category:Fish described in 1932
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