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Neoplecostomus sapucai

Neoplecostomus sapucai

Classification

Neoplecostomus sapucai 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 sapucai was first formally described in 2024 by Andrade et al, with its type locality given as an unnamed stream on the Highway AMG-1915, between Piquete and Delfim Moreira in the Sapucai River, in the Rio Grande basin, at Delfim Moreira in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais at 22°32'31.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 3