Plesioptopoma

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Plesioptopoma
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Plesioptopoma
Reis, & , 2012
Species:
P. curvidens
Binomial name
Plesioptopoma curvidens
Reis, & , 2012

Plesioptopoma curvidens is a species of armored catfish native to Brazil, where it is known to occur in the Rio Paraopeba, a tributary of the Rio São Francisco. It is the only species in the genus Plesioptopoma.[1] This species reaches a maximum length of 8.3 centimetres (3.3 in) (SL).[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Reis, R.E.; Pereira, E.H.L. & Lehmann A., P. (2012). "A New Genus and Species of Hypoptopomatine Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio São Francisco Basin, Brazil". Copeia. 1: 6–11. doi:10.1643/CI-11-068. S2CID 85222419.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Plesioptopoma curvidens" in FishBase. August 2014 version.


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