Neoplecostomus
| Neoplecostomus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
Neoplecostomus is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America. 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.[1] Neoplecostomus species range from about 7.5–10.3 centimetres (3.0–4.1 in SL. The species of Neoplecostomus live in fast water.[1]
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
- Neoplecostomus bandeirante Roxo, C. de Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012 [2]
- Neoplecostomus botucatu Roxo, C. de Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012 [2]
- Neoplecostomus corumba Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
- Neoplecostomus doceensis Roxo, G. S. C. Silva, Zawadzki, C. de Oliveira, 2014 [3]
- Neoplecostomus espiritosantensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus franciscoensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus granosus Valenciennes, 1840
- Neoplecostomus jaguari Andrade & Langeani, 2014 [4]
- Neoplecostomus langeanii Roxo, C. de Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012 [2]
- Neoplecostomus microps Steindachner, 1877
- Neoplecostomus paranensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus ribeirensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus selenae Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
- Neoplecostomus variipictus Bizerril, 1995
- Neoplecostomus yapo Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
References
- 1 2 Armbruster, Jonathan W. "Neoplecostomus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888". Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- 1 2 3 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.440.8203.
- ↑ Andrade, B.N. & Langeani, F. (2014). "A new species of Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from the upper rio Paraná basin" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology 12 (4): 675–681. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130195.
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