Hemipsilichthys nimius

Hemipsilichthys nimius
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Hemipsilichthys
Species:	H. nimius
Binomial name
Hemipsilichthys nimius E. H. L. Pereira, R. E. dos Reis, P. F. M. Souza & Lazzarotto, 2003

Hemipsilichthys nimius is a species of catfish belonging to the family Loricariidae. The species is only known from two small rivers in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: the Perequê-Áçu and the Taquari.

This is a fairly typical loricariid with a broad head and large mouth used for adhesion to rocks in fast-flowing water. Colouring is generally pale brown with darker blotches with standard length up to 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in). It can be distinguished from all its congeners by the anatomy of the dorsal fin: eight branched rays are present instead of seven and there is a membrane connecting the last ray to the back of the fish.

References

• Pereira, Edson H.L.; Reis, Robert E.; Souza, Pablo F.M.; Lazzarotto, Henrique (2003). "A new species of the loricariid catfish genus Hemipsilichthys from southern Rio de Janeiro coastal rivers, southeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Zootaxa 285: 1–10.
• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Hemipsilichthys nimius" in FishBase. December 2011 version.