Pareiorhaphis

Pareiorhaphis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Neoplecostominae
Genus: Pareiorhaphis
A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Type species
Psilichthys cameroni
Steindachner, 1907

Pareiorhaphis is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America. This genus can be readily distinguished from other neoplecostomines by the unique combination of having fleshy lobes on lateral margins of head ornamented with hypertrophied odontodes on nuptial males, caudal peduncle ovoid in cross section, abdomen usually naked, dorsal fin spinelet ovoid, and adipose fin usually present.[1] The color pattern is usually dark brown and mottled with the abdomen white.[2]

Taxonomy

Most species in to Pareiorhaphis were originally described in Hemipsilichthys. In 1918, Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro proposed the new genus Pareiorhaphis.[1] Whether Pareiorhaphis is monophyletic or not is currently unknown.[1]

Species

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pereira, E.H.L. (2005): Resurrection of Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and description of a new species from the rio Iguaçu basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 3 (2): 271–276.
  2. Armbruster, J.W. "Pareiorhaphis Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918".
  3. Pereira, E.H.L., Lehmann A., P., Schvambach, L.J. & Reis, R.E. (2015): A new species of Pareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the headwaters of the Arroio Garapiá, coastal drainage of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4034 (3): 556–564.
  4. Pereira, E.H.L. & Zanata, A.M. (2014): A new species of the armored catfish genus Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (1): 35-42.
  5. Pereira, E.H.L. & Britto, M.R. (2012): A New Distinctively Colored Catfish of the Genus Pareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Piracicaba, Upper Rio Doce Basin, Brazil. Copeia, 2012 (3): 519-526.
  6. Pereira, E.H.L., Lehmann A., P. & Reis, R.E. (2012): A new species of the Neoplecostomine catfish Pareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Coastal basins of Espírito Santo, Eastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (3): 539-546.
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