Lepthoplosternum tordilho

Lepthoplosternum tordilho
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Callichthyidae
Genus:	Lepthoplosternum
Species:	L. tordilho
Binomial name
Lepthoplosternum tordilho R. Reis, 1997 [2]

Lepthoplosternum tordilho is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armoured catfishes. ^[2] This fish is found in the lower Jacui River drainage in southern Brazil. ^[3]

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lepthoplosternum tordilho". FishBase . December 2011 version.

1. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Lepthoplosternum tordilho". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022 e.T167656A139549384. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T167656A139549384.pt . Retrieved 2 August 2022.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lepthoplosternum". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 December 2025.
3. Reis, Roberto E.; Kaefer, Cíntia C. (2005). Armbruster, J. W. (ed.). "Two New Species of the Neotropical Catfish Genus Lepthoplosternum (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae)". Copeia . 2005 (4): 724–731. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2005)005[0724:TNSOTN]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   85923637.