Pareiorhaphis vetula
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Pareiorhaphis |
Species: | P. vetula
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Binomial name | |
Pareiorhaphis vetula |
Pareiorhaphis vetula[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the headwaters of the Doce River basin in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The species reaches at least 4.9 cm (1.9 inches) in standard length. It was described in 2016 by Edson H. L. Pereira (of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul), Pablo Lehmann A., and Roberto Esser dos Reis (also of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul).[2] FishBase does not yet list this species.
References
[edit]- ^ "Pareiorhaphis vetula Pereira, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2016". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ Pereira, Edson & Lehmann A., Pablo & Reis, Roberto. (2016). Pareiorhaphis vetula, a new armored catfish from the headwaters of the Rio Doce basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa. 4144. 443. 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.10.