Microplecostomus

Microplecostomus forestii, is a species of fish in the family Loricariidae found in two tributaries of the Tocantizinho River in the Tocantins basin. This species is the only member of its genus.[1]

Microplecostomus forestii
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Loricariidae
Subfamily:
Neoplecostominae
Genus:
Microplecostomus

G. S. C. Silva, Roxo, L. E. Ochoa & C. de Oliveira, 2016 [1]
Species:
M. forestii
Binomial name
Microplecostomus forestii
G. S. C. Silva, Roxo, L. E. Ochoa & C. de Oliveira, 2016

References
  1. Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F., Ochoa, L.E. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Description of a new catfish genus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Tocantins River basin in central Brazil, with comments on the historical zoogeography of the new taxon. ZooKeys, 598: 129–157.


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