Biology:Neoplecostomus bandeirante

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Short description: Species of catfish

Neoplecostomus bandeirante
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Neoplecostomus
Species:
N. bandeirante
Binomial name
Neoplecostomus bandeirante
Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012

Neoplecostomus bandeirante[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Paraitinguinha River, which is a tributary of the Tietê River, in the vicinity of Salesópolis in the state of São Paulo in Brazil . The species reaches 11 cm (4.3 inches) in standard length. Its specific name, bandeirante, refers to the bandeirantes of colonial Brazil.[2]

References

  1. Roxo, Fábio & Oliveira, Claudio & Zawadzki, Cláudio. (2012). Three new species of Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin of southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 3233. 1-21.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds (2023). "Neoplecostomus bandeirante". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/66485. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13887560 entry