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Astroblepus simonsii

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Astroblepus simonsii is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. It can be found in Peru.[1][2]

Named in honor of the American natural history collector in South America, Perry O. Simons (1869-1901), who collected the type specimen. Later his guide murdered him while crossing the Andes of Argentina, presumably for his money and gear.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Astroblepus simonsii". Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Astroblepus simonsii". Aquatab. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. ^ Regan, C. Tate (1904). "III. A Monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 17 (3): 317. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1904.tb00040.x.
  4. ^ 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.
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Astroblepus simonsii: Brief Summary

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Astroblepus simonsii is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. It can be found in Peru.

Named in honor of the American natural history collector in South America, Perry O. Simons (1869-1901), who collected the type specimen. Later his guide murdered him while crossing the Andes of Argentina, presumably for his money and gear.

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