Rhinolekos britskii

Rhinolekos britskii

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae

Rhinolekos britskii 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 Rhinolekos britskii was first formally described in 2011 by the Brazilian ichthyologists Fernanda de Oliveira Martins, Francisco Langeani and Filipe Cezaro Costa with its type locality given as Bela Vista de Goiás, a tributary of the Arapuca stream, Fazenda Arapuca, in the Paranaíba River drainage at 17°04'06"S, 48°43'59"W in the Brazilian state of Goiás.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 5

Sources and credits

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Rhinolekos britskii

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