Neoplecostomus watersi

Neoplecostomus watersi

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae

Neoplecostomus watersi 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 watersi was first formally described in 2019 by the ichthyologists Gabriel de Souza da Costa e Silva, Lais Reia, Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki and Fábio Fernandes Roxo with its type locality given as the Cachoeira Creek in the Corrente River drainage, upper Paraná River basin, municipality of Aporé in the Brazilian state of Goiás at 18°3450.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 8

Sources and credits

DescriptionNeoplecostomus watersi, Wikipedia contributors

Neoplecostomus watersi

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