Biology:Neoplecostomus

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Neoplecostomus is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America.[1] Neoplecostomus can be distinguished from all other loricariids by a modified shield of small plates on the abdomen with posteriorly directed odontodes; the shield appears to act as a holdfast. The color pattern is generally mottled brown with the abdomen white. The head is long, rounded, and shovel-shaped. The fin spines are weak.[2] They range from about 8 to 11 cm (3.1–4.3 in) SL.[1] The species of Neoplecostomus live in fast-flowing water.[2]

Etymology

Originally proposed as a subgenus of Plecostomus (now Hypostomus, Hypostominae), the specific name derives from νέος néos and hence means "new" form of Plecostomus.[3]

Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Neoplecostomus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Armbruster, Jonathan W.. "Neoplecostomus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888". http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/res_area/loricariid/fish_key/neopleco/neopleco.html. Retrieved 2007-07-13. 
  3. "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOPTOPOMATINAE Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890 (Cascudinhos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 13 November 2024. https://etyfish.org/hypoptopomatinae/. 
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Neoplecostomus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Neoplecostomus. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Roxo, F.F.; Oliveira, C.; Zawadzki, C.H. (2012). "Three new species of Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin of southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa 3233: 1–21. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3233.1.1. https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03233p021f.pdf. 
  6. Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C.; Zawadzki, C.H.; Oliveira, C. (2014). "Neoplecostomus doceensis: a new loricariid species (Teleostei, Siluriformes) from the rio Doce basin and comments about its putative origin". ZooKeys (440): 115–127. doi:10.3897/zookeys.440.8203. PMID 25317064. PMC 4195942. Bibcode2014ZooK..440..115R. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4071. 
  7. Andrade, B.N.; Langeani, F. (2014). "A new species of Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from the upper rio Paraná basin". Neotropical Ichthyology 12 (4): 675–681. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130195. https://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v12n4/1679-6225-ni-1982-0224-20130195.pdf. 
  8. Cherobim, A.M.; Lazzarotto, H.; Langeani, F. (2017). "A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology 14 (4): e160015. https://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v14n4/1982-0224-ni-14-04-e160015.pdf. 
  9. Oliveira, Jose; Oyakawa, Osvaldo (2019). "New loricariid fishes from headwaters on Serra da Mantiqueira and Complexo do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Zootaxa 4586 (3): 401. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.1. PMID 31716114. 

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