Neoplecostomus pirangaensis

Neoplecostomus pirangaensis

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae

Neoplecostomus pirangaensis 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 pirangaensis was first formally described in 2019 by the Brazilian ichthyologists José Carlos de Oliveira & Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa with its type locality given as the Piranga River, at the boundaries of the municipalities of Carandaí and Senhora dos Remédios in the Doce River basin in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais at 43°42'53"W,…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 1

Sources and credits

DescriptionNeoplecostomus pirangaensis, Wikipedia contributors

Neoplecostomus pirangaensis

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