Chauliocheilos

Chauliocheilos saxatilis
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Hypoptopomatinae
Genus:	Chauliocheilos Martins, B. N. Andrade, A. C. Rosa & Langeani, 2014 ^[1]
Species:	C. saxatilis
Binomial name
*Chauliocheilos saxatilis* Martins, B. N. Andrade, A. C. Rosa & Langeani, 2014

Chauliocheilos saxatilis is a species of armored catfishes native to South America. This species occurs Rio Itamarandiba in upper Rio Jequitinhonha basin, southeastern Brazil. This species is the only known member of its genus. ^[1]

References

1 2 Martins, F.O., Andrade, B.N., Rosa, A.C. & Langeani, F. (2014). "Chauliocheilos saxatilis, a new genus and species of Hypoptopomatinae from rio Jequitinhonha basin, with a unique labial appendix (Teleostei: Loricariidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 25 (3): 193–204. (Abstract)

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