Gymnotocinclus

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Gymnotocinclus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Genus: Gymnotocinclus
Carvalho, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2008
Type species
Gymnotocinclus anosteos
Carvalho, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2008
Species

2, see text

Gymnotocinclus is a genus of small freshwater catfish in the family Loricariidae, native to the Tocantins River basin in Brazil. [1] [2]

Species

There are two species in the genus: [1] [2]

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Gymnotocinclus anosteos is a species of armored catfish (Loricariidae) endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Tocantinzinho River in the Tocantins River basin. This species grows to a length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) SL.

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Curculionichthys sabaji is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to the Xingu River basin in Brazil. The species reaches 2.4 cm SL. It was described in 2015 by Fábio Fernandes Roxo, Gabriel Souza da Costa e Silva, Luz E. Orrego, and Claudio Oliveira, alongside the description of the genus Curculionichthys to include several species formerly classified in the genus Hisonotus.

Curculionichthys sagarana is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the drainage basins of the Das Velhas River and the São Francisco River. It reaches 2.4 cm SL. The species was described in 2015 by Fábio Fernandes Roxo, Gabriel Souza da Costa e Silva, Luz E. Orrego, and Claudio Oliveira, alongside the description of the genus Curculionichthys to include several species formerly classified in the genus Hisonotus.

<i>Pseudancistrus zawadzkii</i> Species of catfish

Pseudancistrus zawadzkii is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Tapajós basin, including the Tracuá River, in Brazil. It is typically found in areas with clear water, rocky outcrops, small waterfalls, and a substrate of rocks and sand. The species reaches 12.9 cm SL.

Gymnotocinclus canoeiro is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Tocantins River basin in Brazil. The species reaches at least 6.2 cm in standard length. It was described in 2017 by Fábio F. Roxo, Gabriel S. C. Silva, Luz Eneida Ochoa, and Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki. Its specific name, canoeiro, refers to the Avá-Canoeiro people, speakers of the Avá-Canoeiro language, who inhabit the upper Tocantins basin.

Neoplecostomus bandeirante is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Paraitinguinha River, which is a tributary of the Tietê River, in the vicinity of Salesópolis in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The species reaches 11 cm in standard length. Its specific name, bandeirante, refers to the bandeirantes of colonial Brazil.

Neoplecostomus botucatu is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known only from the Pardo River basin near Botucatu in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The species reaches 10.2 cm in standard length. Its specific name, botucatu, refers to the municipality where specimens of the species were collected.

Neoplecostomus langeanii is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Muzambinho River basin near Muzambinho in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The species reaches 8.6 cm in standard length. Its specific name, langeanii, honors Francisco Langeani of São Paulo State University for his contributions to the ichthyology of the Neotropical realm.

Neoplecostomus watersi is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Paraná River basin in the state of Goiás in Brazil. It is typically found at the bottom of clear rivers with rocky substrates. The species reaches 7 cm in standard length. Its specific name, watersi, honors Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Gymnotocinclus in FishBase . June 2017 version.
  2. 1 2 Roxo, Fábio F.; Gabriel S. C. Silva; Luz E. Ochoa; Cláudio H. Zawadzki (2017). "Description of A New Species of Gymnotocinclus from the rio Tocantins Basin with Phylogenetic Analysis of the Subfamily Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Zootaxa . 4268 (3): 337–359. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4268.3.2. PMID   28610361.