Neoplecostomus

Neoplecostomus is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America.[1] Neoplecostomus can be distinguished from all other loricariids by a modified shield of small plates on the abdomen with posteriorly directed odontodes; the shield appears to act as a holdfast. The color pattern is generally mottled brown with the abdomen white. The head is long, rounded, and shovel-shaped. The fin spines are weak.[2] They range from about 8 to 11 cm (3.1–4.3 in) SL.[1] The species of Neoplecostomus live in fast-flowing water.[2]

Neoplecostomus
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Neoplecostomus

Type species
Plecostomus microps
Steindachner, 1877

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Neoplecostomus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. Armbruster, Jonathan W. "Neoplecostomus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888". Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  3. Roxo, F.F., Oliveira, C. & Zawadzki, C.H. (2012): Three new species of Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin of southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 3233: 1–21.
  4. Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Zawadzki, C.H. & Oliveira, C. (2014): Neoplecostomus doceensis: a new loricariid species (Teleostei, Siluriformes) from the rio Doce basin and comments about its putative origin. ZooKeys, 440: 115–127.
  5. Andrade, B.N. & Langeani, F. (2014): A new species of Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from the upper rio Paraná basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (4): 675-681.
  6. Cherobim, A.M., Lazzarotto, H. & Langeani, F. (2017): A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (4): e160015.


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