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Rhyacoglanis Pulcher
''Rhyacoglanis'' is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family (biology), family Pseudopimelodidae. Species There are 9 species in the database, and the other 3 haven't been described, so they won't be included. *''Rhyacoglanis annulatus'' *''Rhyacoglanis beninei'' *''Rhyacoglanis epiblepsis'' *''Rhyacoglanis paranensis'' *''Rhyacoglanis pulcher'' *''Rhyacoglanis rapppydanielae'' *''Rhyacoglanis seminiger'' *''Rhyacoglanis varii'' Oscar Akio Shibatta and Lenice Souza-Shibatta. 2023. New species of Rhyacoglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper rio Tocantins Basin. Neotrop. ichthyol. 21(1); DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0075 *''Rhyacoglanis variolosus'' Identification ''Rhyacoglanis'' is distinguished from other Pseudopimelodidae by three synapomorphies: the presence of a light blotch on the cheek; a connection between the middle of the dark caudal-fin stripe and the dark caudal-peduncle pigmentation; and 30–35 total vertebrae. Distributi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhyacoglanis Rapppydanielae
''Rhyacoglanis'' is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Pseudopimelodidae. Species There are 9 species in the database, and the other 3 haven't been described, so they won't be included. *'' Rhyacoglanis annulatus'' *'' Rhyacoglanis beninei'' *'' Rhyacoglanis epiblepsis'' *'' Rhyacoglanis paranensis'' *''Rhyacoglanis pulcher'' *'' Rhyacoglanis rapppydanielae'' *'' Rhyacoglanis seminiger'' *'' Rhyacoglanis varii'' Oscar Akio Shibatta and Lenice Souza-Shibatta. 2023. New species of Rhyacoglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper rio Tocantins Basin. Neotrop. ichthyol. 21(1); DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0075 *'' Rhyacoglanis variolosus'' Identification ''Rhyacoglanis'' is distinguished from other Pseudopimelodidae by three synapomorphies: the presence of a light blotch on the cheek; a connection between the middle of the dark caudal-fin stripe and the dark caudal-peduncle pigmentation; and 30–35 total vertebrae. Distribution ''Rhyac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocantins
Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014. Construction of its capital, Palmas, began in 1989; most of the other cities in the state date to the Portuguese colonial period. With the exception of Araguaína, there are few other cities with a significant population in the state. The government has invested in a new capital, a major hydropower dam, railroads and related infrastructure to develop this primarily agricultural area. The state has 0.75% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 0.5% of the Brazilian GDP. Tocantins has attracted hundreds of thousands of new residents, primarily to Palmas. It is building on its hydropower resources. The Araguaia and Tocantins rivers drain the largest watershed that lies entirely inside Brazilian territory. The Rio Tocantins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of around 6.1 million, nearly 2.3 million of whom live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro area. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537 established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Reductions, Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Christianity and introduced to European culture. After the Suppression of the Society of Jesus, expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish territories in 1767, Paraguay increasingly became a peripheral colony. Following Independence of Paraguay, independence from Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraná (state)
Paraná () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, in the Southern Region, Brazil, south of the country. It is bordered in the north by São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, in the east by the Atlantic Ocean, in the south by Santa Catarina state and the province of Misiones Province, Misiones, Argentina, and in the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraguay, with the Paraná River as its western boundary. It is subdivided into List of municipalities in Paraná, 399 municipalities, and its capital is the city of Curitiba. Other major cities are Londrina, Maringá, Ponta Grossa, Cascavel, São José dos Pinhais and Foz do Iguaçu. The state is home to 5.4% of the Brazilian population and generates 6.2% of the Brazilian GDP. Crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn, Paraná has what is left of the araucaria forest, one of the most important subtropical forests in the world. At the border with Argentina is the National Park of Iguaçu, considered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. from there, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orinoco
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, fourth largest river in the world by Discharge (hydrology), discharge volume of water (39,000 m3/s at Orinoco Delta, delta) due to the high precipitation throughout its catchment area (ca 2,300 mm/a). The Orinoco River and its tributaries are the major transportation system for eastern and interior Venezuela and the Llanos of Colombia. The environment and wildlife in the Orinoco's basin are extremely diverse. Etymology The river's name is derived from the Warao language, Warao term for "a place to paddle", itself derived from the terms ''güiri'' (paddle) and ''noko'' (place) i.e. a navigable place. History The mouth of the Orinoco River at the Atlantic Ocean was documented by Christopher Columbus on 1 August 1498, during his Christo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, also called the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses , of which are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations and 3,344 Indigenous territory (Brazil), indigenous territories. The majority of the forest, 60%, is in Amazônia Legal, Brazil, followed by Peruvian Amazonia, Peru with 13%, Amazon natural region, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Four nations have "Amazonas (other), Amazonas" as the name of one of their first-level administrative regions, and France uses the name "Guiana Amazonian Park" for French Guiana's protected rainforest area. The Amazon represents over half of the total area of remaining rainforests on Earth, and comprises the largest a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion of the Americas. South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Drake Passage; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. The continent includes twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela; two dependent territory, dependent territories: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and one administrative division, internal territory: French Guiana. The Dutch Caribbean ABC islands (Leeward Antilles), ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) and Trinidad and Tobago are geologically located on the South-American continental shel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhyacoglanis Variolosus
''Rhyacoglanis'' is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Pseudopimelodidae. Species There are 9 species in the database, and the other 3 haven't been described, so they won't be included. *'' Rhyacoglanis annulatus'' *'' Rhyacoglanis beninei'' *'' Rhyacoglanis epiblepsis'' *'' Rhyacoglanis paranensis'' *''Rhyacoglanis pulcher'' *''Rhyacoglanis rapppydanielae'' *'' Rhyacoglanis seminiger'' *'' Rhyacoglanis varii'' Oscar Akio Shibatta and Lenice Souza-Shibatta. 2023. New species of Rhyacoglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper rio Tocantins Basin. Neotrop. ichthyol. 21(1); DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0075 *'' Rhyacoglanis variolosus'' Identification ''Rhyacoglanis'' is distinguished from other Pseudopimelodidae by three synapomorphies: the presence of a light blotch on the cheek; a connection between the middle of the dark caudal-fin stripe and the dark caudal-peduncle pigmentation; and 30–35 total vertebrae. Distribution ''Rhyaco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
