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Neoplecostomus paranensis
Neoplecostomus paranensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. This catfish is endemic to Brazil.
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Description
Neoplecostomus paranensis has an elongated body shape and reaches a standard length of 10 cm (3.9 in).
Range & habitat
Neoplecostomus paranensis is enemeic to Brazil, where it is found in the upper Parana river system. It has been given a wide disstribution, including the Brasília, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná and São Paulo, but some authors have suggested that this taxon represents a species complex and have restricted its range to the tributary streams of the Grande River in São Paulo.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
Neoplecostomus paranensis is classified within the genus Neoplecostomus. This name prefixes neo-, for "new" onto plecostomus, as this genus was proposed as a subgenus of Plecostomus, now known as Hypostomus and classified in the subfamily Hypostominae. The specific name paranensis puts the Latin suffix -ensis, which denotes a place, onto parana, referring to the upper basin of the Parańa River, where the type locality is located.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 616647.