Lamontichthys avacanoeiro
| Lamontichthys avacanoeiro | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Lamontichthys |
| Species: | L. avacanoeiro
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| Lamontichthys avacanoeiro de Carvalho Paixão & Toledo-Piza, 2009
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Lamontichthys avacanoeiro[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Tocantins River basin in Brazil. The species reaches 16 centimetres (6.3 in) in standard length. Its specific name, avacanoeiro, refers to the Avá-Canoeiro people, speakers of the Avá-Canoeiro language, who inhabit the upper Tocantins basin.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ de Carvalho Paixão, Andrea; Toledo-Piza, Mônica (2008). "Systematics of Lamontichthys Miranda-Ribeiro (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with the description of two new species". Neotropical Ichthyology. 7 (4): 519–568. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252009000400002.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Lamontichthys avacanoeiro". FishBase.
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