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Pseudotocinclus juquiae

Pseudotocinclus juquiae

Classification

Pseudotocinclus juquiae 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 Pseudotocinclus juquiae was first formally described in 2005 by the Brazilian ichthyologists Adriana Kazue Takako, Claudio de Oliveira and Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa with its type locality given as the first tributary of Juquiá River, near ribeirão das Antas on road from São Lourenço da Serra to Juquitiba at 23°59', 49.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 1