Neoplecostominae

Neoplecostominae is a subfamily of South American catfishes of the family Loricariidae. Species of this subfamily live in high-mountain and swift-flowing river habitats.[3]

Neoplecostominae
Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Loricariidae
Subfamily:
Neoplecostominae

Regan, 1904
Genera

Hirtella Pereira, Zanata, Cetra & Reis, 2014 [1]
Isbrueckerichthys Derijst, 1996
Kronichthys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908
Microplecostomus Silva, Roxo, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2016 [2]
Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Pareiorhaphis Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Pareiorhina Gosline, 1947

Taxonomy

This subfamily is the most basal clade in Loricariidae with the exception of Lithogeneinae.[4] The genera do not form a monophyletic assemblage.[5] Neoplecostominae is not diagnosed by any unique characteristic.[3] However, molecular studies have supported this grouping.[4]

Within the paraphyletic Neoplecostominae, Pareiorhina forms a monophyletic subunit that also includes Neoplecostomus.[6]

References
  1. Pereira E.H.L., Zanata A., Cetra M., Reis R.E. (2014). "A Remarkable Sexually Dimorphic New Genus and Species of Neoplecostomine Catfish (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from a Coastal Drainage of Eastern Brazil". Copeia. 2014 (4): 673–681. doi:10.1643/ci-14-075.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.598.7400. PMC 4926676. PMID 27408594.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Armbruster, J.W. "Neoplecostominae Regan, 1904".CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. Alves, A.L., Oliveira, C. & Foresti, F. (2005). "Comparative cytogenetic analysis of eleven species of subfamilies Neoplecostominae and Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Genetica. 124 (2): 127–136. doi:10.1007/s10709-004-7561-4. PMID 16134327.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. Pereira, E.H.L. (2005). "Resurrection of Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and description of a new species from the rio Iguaçu basin, Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology. 3 (2): 271–276. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000200004.
  6. Chamon, C.C., Aranda, A.T. & Buckup, P.A. (2005). "Pareiorhina brachyrhyncha (Loricariidae: Siluriformes): A New Species of Fish from the Paraíba do Sul Slope of Serra da Mantiqueira, Southeastern Brazil". Copeia. 2005 (3): 550–558. doi:10.1643/CI-04-276R.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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