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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. Taxonomy This subfamily is the most basal clade in Loricariidae with the exception of Lithogeneinae. The genera do not form a monophyletic In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent co ... assemblage. Neoplecostominae is not diagnosed by any unique characteristic. However, molecular studies have supported this grouping. Within the paraphyletic Neoplecostominae, ''Pareiorhina'' forms a monophyletic subunit that also includes ''Neoplecostomus''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3338213 Neoplecostominae Fish of South America Ray-finned fish subfamilies Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loricariidae
Loricariidae is the largest family (biology), family of catfish (order Siluriformes), with over 90 genus, genera and just over 680 species. Loricariids originate from freshwater habitats of Costa Rica, Panama, and tropical and subtropical South America. These fish are noted for the bony plates covering their bodies and their suckermouths. Several genera are sold as "Plecostomus, plecos", notably the suckermouth catfish, ''Hypostomus plecostomus'', and are popular as aquarium fish. Common names Members of the family Loricariidae are commonly referred to as loricariids, suckermouth catfishes, armoured catfish (other), armoured catfish, or suckermouth armoured catfish. The name "plecostomus", and its shortened forms "pleco" and "plec", are used for many Loricariidae, since ''Plecostomus plecostomus'' (now called ''Hypostomus plecostomus'') was one of the first loricariid species imported for the fish-keeping hobby. Some loricariids are not normally considered "plecostomus", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoplecostomus
''Neoplecostomus'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Loricariidae native to South America. ''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. They range from about fish measurement, SL. The species of ''Neoplecostomus'' live in fast-flowing water. Species There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus: * ''Neoplecostomus altimontanus'' Andrade, Uzeda, Paiola, Siqueira-Cesar, Okubo, Marques-Frisoni & Langeani, 2024 * ''Neoplecostomus bandeirante'' Fábio Fernandes Roxo, Roxo, Cláudio de Oliveira, C. de Oliveira & Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki, Zawadzki, 2012 * ''Neoplecostomus botucatu'' Fábio Fernandes Roxo, Roxo, Cláudio de Oliveira, C. de Oliveira & Cláudio Henrique Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pareiorhina
''Pareiorhina'' is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America where they are only found in Brazil. These species are known to occur at altitudes above 650 metres (2100 ft) in various rivers of the Grande, Paraíba do Sul, São Francisco and Tietê River basins. This genus was first erected by Gosline in 1947 as a monotypic genus to include ''Rhinelepis rudolphi''. It was not until 2003 that a second species, ''P. carrancas'', was described. The third species, ''P. brachyrhyncha'' was described in 2005. ''Pareiorhina'' forms a monophyletic subunit with '' Neoplecostomus'' within the subfamily Neoplecostominae. Species There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pareiorhina brachyrhyncha'' Chamon, Aranda & Buckup, 2005 * '' Pareiorhina carrancas'' Bockmann & A. C. Ribeiro, 2003 * '' Pareiorhina cepta'' Roxo, G. S. C. Silva, Mehanna & C. de Oliveira, 2012 * '' Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis'' G. S. C. Silva, Roxo & C. de Oliveira, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kronichthys
''Kronichthys'' is a genus of armored catfishes endemic to Brazil. The genus is named in honor of naturalist-archaeologist Ricardo Krone (1861-1917), who collected the type species specimen. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''Kronichthys heylandi'' ( Boulenger, 1900) * '' Kronichthys lacerta'' ( Nichols, 1919) * '' Kronichthys subteres'' A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908 Description ''Kronichthys'' species are small, cylindrical fishes similar to the hypoptopomatine '' Schizolecis''. The color pattern is dark brown with a slight mottling or four dorsal saddles, and the abdomen mostly white. The dorsal fin is short and the adipose fin Fins are moving appendages protruding from the body of fish that interact with water to generate thrust and help the fish swim. Apart from the tail or caudal fin, fish fins have no direct connection with the back bone and are supported only b ... is small. References Neoplecostominae Suckermouth catfish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microplecostomus
''Microplecostomus forestii'', is a species of fish in the family Loricariidae found in two tributaries of the Tocantizinho River in the Tocantins basin. It is typically found in shallow, clear waters at depths of around , in flat rocky environments. It is known to occur alongside the species '' Rhinolekos capetinga'', as well as members of the genera ''Ancistrus'', '' Creagrutus'', ''Hypostomus'', ''Ituglanis'', and '' Phenacorhamdia''. This species is the only member of its genus. It reaches in standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is .... The fish is named in honor of Fausto Foresti of the Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”- UNESP, Brazil, because of his contributions to fish genetics, with more than 250 papers published in thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pareiorhaphis
''Pareiorhaphis'' is a genus of catfish in the family Loricariidae native to South America. This genus can be readily distinguished from other neoplecostomines by the unique combination of having fleshy lobes on lateral margins of head ornamented with hypertrophied odontodes on nuptial males, caudal peduncle ovoid in cross section, abdomen usually naked, dorsal fin spinelet ovoid and adipose fin usually present. The color pattern is usually dark brown and mottled with the abdomen white. Most species in to ''Pareiorhaphis'' were originally described in '' Hemipsilichthys''. In 1918, Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro proposed the new genus ''Pareiorhaphis''.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.'' Whether ''Pareiorhaphis'' is monophyletic or not is currently unknown. Species There are currently 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirtella (fish)
''Hirtella carinata'', also known as the hairy hillstream pleco, is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil. It occurs in the Rio Panelão, Rio Pardo and Rio Panelinha basins in Brazil. The species reaches 4.9 cm (1.9 inches) in standard length. It is the only known member of the genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ... ''Hirtella''. References Fish of South America Taxa named by Roberto Esser dos Reis Fish described in 2014 Neoplecostominae {{Neoplecostominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isbrueckerichthys
''Isbrueckerichthys'' is a genus of armored catfishes which are endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy ''Isbrueckerichthys'' was erected in 1996 for ''Pareiorhaphis duseni'' and ''Pareiorhaphis alipionis'', which were transferred to the new genus. ''I. epakmos'' was described in 2003. ''I. calvus'' and ''I. saxicola'' were described in 2006. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Isbrueckerichthys alipionis'' ( Gosline, 1947) * '' Isbrueckerichthys calvus'' Jerep, Shibatta, E. H. L. Pereira & Oyakawa, 2006 * '' Isbrueckerichthys duseni'' ( A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907) * '' Isbrueckerichthys epakmos'' E. H. L. Pereira & Oyakawa, 2003 * '' Isbrueckerichthys saxicola'' Jerep, Shibatta, E. H. L. Pereira & Oyakawa, 2006 Distribution Three species of ''Isbrueckerichthys'' are thought to be endemic to the Ribeira de Iguape River basin: ''I. duseni'' from the upper reaches of that basin in Paraná State, ''I. alipionis'' from the Betari River, a tributary o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clade
In biology, a clade (), also known as a Monophyly, monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that is composed of a common ancestor and all of its descendants. Clades are the fundamental unit of cladistics, a modern approach to taxonomy adopted by most biological fields. The common ancestor may be an individual, a population, or a species (extinct or Extant taxon, extant). Clades are nested, one in another, as each branch in turn splits into smaller branches. These splits reflect evolutionary history as populations diverged and evolved independently. Clades are termed ''monophyletic'' (Greek: "one clan") groups. Over the last few decades, the cladistic approach has revolutionized biological classification and revealed surprising evolutionary relationships among organisms. Increasingly, taxonomists try to avoid naming Taxon, taxa that are not clades; that is, taxa that are not Monophyly, monophyletic. Some of the relationships between organisms that the molecul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish Of South America
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can be grouped into the more basal (phylogenetics), basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fish, the latter including all extant taxon, living cartilaginous fish, cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as the extinct placoderms and acanthodians. In a break to the long tradition of grouping all fish into a single Class (biology), class (Pisces), modern phylogenetics views fish as a paraphyletic group. Most fish are ectotherm, cold-blooded, their body temperature varying with the surrounding water, though some large nekton, active swimmers like white shark and tuna can hold a higher core temperature. Many fish can communication in aquatic animals#Acoustic, communicate acoustically with each other, such as during courtship displays. The stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copeia
''Ichthyology & Herpetology'' (formerly ''Copeia'') is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in ichthyology and herpetology that was originally named after Edward Drinker Cope, a prominent American researcher in these fields. It is the official journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', ''Copeia'' has a 2021 impact factor of 1.857, ranking it 65th out of 176 journals in the category "Zoology". History On December 27, 1913, John Treadwell Nichols published the first issue of ''Copeia''. This issue consisted of a single piece of paper folded to form four pages of information with five articles. The cover of the pamphlet bore the inscription: "Published by the contributors to advance the science of coldblooded vertebrates." In 2020, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists voted to rename the journal, ''Ichthyology & Herpetology''. Name change The journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
