Neoplecostominae
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Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis |
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| Regan , 1904 |
The Neoplecostominae are one of the seven subfamilies of the armor catfish (Loricariidae). The distribution area is in southeastern Brazil and includes the coastal rivers that flow into the sea south of the river basin of the Rio São Francisco .
features
The species of Neoplecostominae are 4 to 17 cm long and have a typical armor catfish shape with an elongated, flattened body and a flat head with a sucking mouth. Characteristic of the subfamily are a widespread pelvic fin spine (not in Hemipsilichthys bahianus ) and the loss of abdominal armor (not in the genera Isbrueckerichthys and Neoplecostomus ). The species of the Neoplecostominae have a similar habitat as that of the genus Chaetostoma from the subfamily Ancistrinae , namely fast flowing waters in mountainous areas and therefore resemble them in their external shape ( convergent evolution ). Chaetostoma only occurs in the Andes and in some tepuis in the mountainous regions of Guiana , while the Neoplecostominae live in southeastern Brazil.
Usually the Neoplecostominae are dark brown in color and show spots or saddle-shaped markings. With the exception of some deeply embedded bone plates in the Isbrueckerichthys and Neoplecostomus genera , the belly is unarmored. Four or more bone plates are counted in front of the dorsal fin, and a row of bone plates is located on the tail stalk (exceptions are Isbrueckerichthys and an undescribed Hemipsilichthys species, which have five or more rows of bone plates). In contrast to Chaetostoma , the Neoplecostominae lack odontodes on the “cheeks”.
Genera and species
The Neoplecostominae include seven genera and about 45 species:
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Hirtella Pereira et al., 2014
- Hirtella carinata Pereira et al., 2014
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Isbrueckerichthys Derijst, 1996
- Isbrueckerichthys alipionis (Gosline, 1947)
- Isbrueckerichthys calvus Jerep, Shibatta, Pereira & Oyakawa, 2006
- Isbrueckerichthys duseni (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907)
- Isbrueckerichthys epakmos Pereira & Oyakawa, 2003
- Isbrueckerichthys saxicola Jerep, Shibatta, Pereira & Oyakawa, 2006
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Kronichthys
- Kronichthys heylandi (Boulenger, 1900)
- Kronichthys lacerta (Nichols, 1919)
- Kronichthy's subteres Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908
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Microplecostomus Silva et al., 2016
- Microplecostomus forestii Silva et al., 2016
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Neoplecostomus
- Neoplecostomus bandeirante Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
- Neoplecostomus botucatu Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
- Neoplecostomus corumba Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
- Neoplecostomus doceensis Roxo, Silva, Zawadzki & Oliveira, 2014
- Neoplecostomus espiritosantensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus franciscoensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus granosus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Neoplecostomus jaguari Andrade & Langeani, 2014
- Neoplecostomus langeanii Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
- Neoplecostomus microps (Steindachner, 1877)
- Neoplecostomus paranensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus ribeirensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus selenae Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
- Neoplecostomus variipictus Bizerril, 1995
- Neoplecostomus yapo Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
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Pareiorhaphis
- Pareiorhaphis azygolechis (Pereira & Reis, 2002)
- Pareiorhaphis bahianus (Gosline, 1947)
- Pareiorhaphis cameroni (Steindachner, 1907)
- Pareiorhaphis cerosus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1951)
- Pareiorhaphis eurycephalus (Pereira & Reis, 2002)
- Pareiorhaphis garbei (Ihering, 1911)
- Pareiorhaphis hypselurus (Pereira & Reis, 2002)
- Pareiorhaphis hystrix (Pereira & Reis, 2002)
- Pareiorhaphis mutuca (Oliveira & Oyakawa, 1999)
- Pareiorhaphis nasuta Pereira, Vieira & Reis, 2007
- Pareiorhaphis nudulus (Reis & Pereira, 1999)
- Pareiorhaphis parmula Pereira, 2005
- Pareiorhaphis proskynita Pereira & Britto, 2012
- Pareiorhaphis regani (Giltay, 1936)
- Pareiorhaphis ruschii Pereira, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2012
- Pareiorhaphis scutula Pereira, Vieira & Reis, 2010
- Pareiorhaphis splendens (Bizerril, 1995)
- Pareiorhaphis steindachneri (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
- Pareiorhaphis stephanus (Oliveira & Oyakawa, 1999)
- Pareiorhaphis stomias (Pereira & Reis, 2002)
- Pareiorhaphis vestigipinnis (Pereira & Reis, 1992)
- Pareiorhaphis vetula Pereira, Lehmann & Reis, 2016
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Pareiorhina
- Pareiorhina brachyrhyncha Chamon, Aranda & Buckup, 2005
- Pareiorhina carrancas Bockmann & Ribeiro, 2003
- Pareiorhina cepta Roxo, Silva, Mehanna & Oliveira, 2012
- Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis Silva, Roxo & Oliveira, 2013
- Pareiorhina pelicicei Azevedo-Santos & Roxo, 2015
- Pareiorhina rudolphi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911)
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Pseudotocinclus Nichols, 1919
- Pseudotocinclus juquiae Takako, Oliveira & Oyakawa, 2005
- Pseudotocinclus parahybae Takako, Oliveira & Oyakawa, 2005
- Pseudotocinclus tietensis (Ihering, 1907)
literature
- Fabio F. Roxo, Claudio H. Zawadzki, Markos A. Alexandrou, Guilherme J. Costa Silva, Marcio C. Chiachio, Fausto Foresti & Claudio Oliveira: Molecular systematic and biogeography of the armored neotropical catfish Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa , 3390: 33-42 doi: 10.1002 / ece3.368
Web links
- Neoplecostominae on Fishbase.org (English)
- Page of the armor catfish specialist Jonathan Armbruster about the Neoplecostominae
