Biology:Rhinolekos
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Rhinolekos | |
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| Rhinolekos capetinga | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypoptopomatinae |
| Genus: | Rhinolekos Martins & Langeani, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| Rhinolekoa britskii Martins & Langeani, 2011
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Rhinolekos is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America. This genus is only known from the Tocantizinho River and Paranaiba River drainage in Goiás, Brazil .
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
- Rhinolekos britskii Martins, Langeani & Costa, 2011 [1]
- Rhinolekos capetinga Roxo, L. E. Ochoa, G. S. C. Silva & C. de Oliveira, 2015 [2]
- Rhinolekos garavelloi Martins & Langeani, 2011 [1]
- Rhinolekos schaeferi Martins & Langeani, 2011 [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Rhinolekos, a new genus with three new species of Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from upper rio Paraná". Neotropical Ichthyology 9 (1): 65–78. 2011. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252011000100004. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v9n1/v09n1a04.pdf.
- ↑ Roxo, F.; Orrego, L.; Silva, G.S.C.; Oliveira, C. (2015). "Rhinolekos capetinga: a new cascudinho species (Loricariidae, Otothyrinae) from the rio Tocantins basin and comments on its ancestral dispersal route". ZooKeys (481): 109–130. doi:10.3897/zookeys.481.8755. PMID 25685034. PMC 4319103. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4664.
Wikidata ☰ Q7320659 entry
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