Biology:Neoplecostomus

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Neoplecostomus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Neoplecostominae
Genus: Neoplecostomus
C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
Type species
Plecostomus microps
Steindachner, 1877

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]

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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. 401. 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.1.
  8. "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes3/. 

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