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''Pareiorhina'' is a
''Pareiorhina'' species all have lateral borders of the head without developed bristles, a naked abdomen, dorsal plates meeting along the mid-dorsal line between the
genus
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of armored catfishes native to South America
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where they are only found in Brazil
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. These species
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are known to occur at altitudes above 650 metres (2100 ft) in various rivers of the Grande, Paraíba do Sul
The Paraíba do Sul (), or simply termed Paraíba, is a river in southeast Brazil. It flows west to northeast from its farthest source at the source of the river Paraitinga to the sea near Campos dos Goytacazes. The river receives its name when ...
, São Francisco and Tietê River
The Tietê River (Portuguese, Rio Tietê, ) is a Brazilian river in the state of São Paulo.
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basins. This genus was first erected by Gosline in 1947 as a monotypic
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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
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subunit with '' Neoplecostomus'' within the subfamily 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 ...
.
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, 2013 * '' Pareiorhina pelicicei'' Azevedo-Santos & Roxo, 2015 * '' Pareiorhina rosai'' G. S. C. Silva, Roxo & Oyakawa, 2016 Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F. & Oyakawa, O.T. (2016): Description of a new species of ''Pareiorhina'' (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil. ''Zootaxa, 4107 (3): 381-391.'' * '' Pareiorhina rudolphi'' ( A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911)Description
''Pareiorhina'' species all have lateral borders of the head without developed bristles, a naked abdomen, dorsal plates meeting along the mid-dorsal line between the dorsal
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and caudal fin
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s, no adipose fin
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, ventral plates covering the midventral line, and the dorsal portion of body behind
dorsal fin flatenned (flat caudal peduncle with a rectangular cross section
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). In ''P. carrancas'' and ''P. rudolphi'', the teeth are simple, while in ''P. brachyrhyncha'', the teeth have a minute lateral cusp
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at the base of the main cusp. ''P. brachyrhyncha'' and ''P. carrancas'' are unique in lacking an adipose fin and azygous plates; in loricariids without an adipose fin, it is usually replaced by a series of azygous plates that form a ridge. However, these two species lack both the fin and the ridge. These species range from about 4.1–4.5 centimetres (1.6–1.8 in) in length.
References
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