''Neoplecostomus microps'' is a species of
armored catfish endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Brazil
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where it occurs in the
Paraíba do Sul River
Paraíba ( , ; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba is the third most ...
basin. This species grows to a length of
SL.
References
microps
Suckermouth catfish of Brazil
Endemic fish of Brazil
Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
Fish described in 1877
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