Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis

Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae

Pareiorhina hyptiorhachisis 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 Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis was first formally described in 2013 by the Brazilian ichthyologists Gabriel de Souza da Costa e Silva, Fábio Fernandes Roxo and Cluadio de Oliveira with its type locality given as the Fernandes Stream, a tributary of the Pomba River, part of the Paraíba do Sul basin at 21°14'47"S, 43°34'07"W in Santa Bárbara do Tugúrioin the…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 1

Sources and credits

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Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis

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