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Neoplecostomus microps (Steindachner, 1877)

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Neoplecostomus currently comprises 16 species (2021), with most occurring in streams draining the Brazilian Crystalline Shield. Habitat: The present work (Cherobim et. al. 2016) describes a new species endemic to four small coastal drainages in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Description: Tooth row of lower jaw followed by one to several series of distinct, enlarged papillae; abdomen with a rather regular six-sided shield of small, prickly platelets, bordered on all sides by a naked area.

Common Name:

LDA034

Synonyms:

Plecostomus microps

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil, Paraíba do Sul River basin. Type locality: der Umgebung von Rio Janeiro [Brazil].

Size:

10.0cm. (4ins)

Temp:

20-25°c (67-77°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

Reference:

Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl, 1997. Aquarien Atlas, Band 5. Mergus Verlag, Melle, Germany. 1148 p.
Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
Cherobim, Arieli Matheus, Lazzarotto, Henrique, & Langeani, Francisco. (2016). A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14(4), e160015. Epub December 22, 2016.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 08/2019 ).

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Neoplecostomus microps

Neoplecostomus microps
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Neoplecostomus microps
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