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Neoplecostomus selenae

Neoplecostomus selenae

Classification

Neoplecostomus selenae 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 selenae was first formally described in 2012 by the Brazilian ichthyologists Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki, Carla Simone Pavanelli and Francisco Langeani-Neto with its type locality given as Ribeirão Grande, Ribeirão das Batéias, upstream from bridge at Ribeirão Grande to Intervales road, in the Paranapanema basin in São Paulo.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 16