Neoplecostomus paraty

Neoplecostomus paraty

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae

Neoplecostomus paraty is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. This catfish is endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy Neoplecostomus paraty was first formally described in 2017 by the Brazilian ichthyologists Arieli Matheus Cherobim, Henrique Lazzarotto and Francisco Langeani-Neto with its type locality given as a coastal drainage, a tributary of the Perequê-Açú, a stream on the road between Parati and Cunha, in the Serra da Bocaina National Park, in the Parati…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 7

Sources and credits

DescriptionNeoplecostomus paraty, Wikipedia contributors

Neoplecostomus paraty

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