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Neoplecostomus

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Neoplecostomus
Neoplecostomus sapucai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America.[1] 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.[2] They range from about 8 to 11 cm (3.1–4.3 in) SL.[1] The species of Neoplecostomus live in fast-flowing water.[2]

Species

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There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Neoplecostomus". FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. ^ a b Armbruster, Jonathan W. "Neoplecostomus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888". Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  3. ^ a b c 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3233: 1–21. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3233.1.1.
  4. ^ 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. Bibcode:2014ZooK..440..115R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.440.8203. PMC 4195942. PMID 25317064.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Cherobim, A.M.; Lazzarotto, H.; Langeani, F. (2017). "A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 14 (4): e160015.
  7. ^ Oliveira, Jose; Oyakawa, Osvaldo (2019). "New loricariid fishes from headwaters on Serra da Mantiqueira and Complexo do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Zootaxa. 4586 (3): 401. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.1. PMID 31716114.
  8. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (13 November 2024). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOPTOPOMATINAE Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890 (Cascudinhos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 December 2024.