Neoplecostomus
| Neoplecostomus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Neoplecostominae |
| Genus: | Neoplecostomus C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888 |
| Type species | |
| Plecostomus microps Steindachner, 1877
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Neoplecostomus is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America.[1] Neoplecostomus can be distinguished from all other loricariids by a modified shield of small plates on the abdomen with posteriorly directed odontodes; the shield appears to act as a holdfast. The color pattern is generally mottled brown with the abdomen white. The head is long, rounded, and shovel-shaped. The fin spines are weak.[2] They range from about 8 to 11 cm (3.1–4.3 in) SL.[1] The species of Neoplecostomus live in fast-flowing water.[2]
Species[]
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- , & , 2012[3]
- , & , 2012[3]
- Neoplecostomus corumba , & , 2008
- , , & , 2014[4]
- Neoplecostomus espiritosantensis , 1990
- Neoplecostomus franciscoensis , 1990
- Neoplecostomus granosus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- & , 2014[5]
- , & , 2012[3]
- Neoplecostomus microps (Steindachner, 1877)
- Neoplecostomus paranensis , 1990
- , & , 2017[6]
- Neoplecostomus ribeirensis , 1990
- Neoplecostomus selenae , & , 2008
- Neoplecostomus variipictus , 1995
- Silva, Reia, & 2019[7]
- Neoplecostomus yapo , & , 2008
References[]
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Neoplecostomus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
- ^ a b Armbruster, Jonathan W. "Neoplecostomus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888". Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ a b c Roxo, F.F., Oliveira, C. & Zawadzki, C.H. (2012): Three new species of Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin of southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 3233: 1–21.
- ^ Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Zawadzki, C.H. & Oliveira, C. (2014): Neoplecostomus doceensis: a new loricariid species (Teleostei, Siluriformes) from the rio Doce basin and comments about its putative origin. ZooKeys, 440: 115–127.
- ^ Andrade, B.N. & Langeani, F. (2014): A new species of Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from the upper rio Paraná basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (4): 675-681.
- ^ Cherobim, A.M., Lazzarotto, H. & Langeani, F. (2017): A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (4): e160015.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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