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Pareiorhaphis stomias

Pareiorhaphis stomias

Classification

Pareiorhaphis stomias 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 Pareiorhaphis stomias was first formally described in 1999 as Hemipsilichthys stomias by the Brazilian ichthyologists Edson Henrique Lopes Pereira and Roberto Esser dos Reis with its type locality given as the Mãe Luzia River at Forquilha, 28°27'66"S, 49°30'06"W, in the Araranguá River basin, Treviso, Santa Catarina.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 30