| Lamontichthys avacanoeiro | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Lamontichthys |
| Species: | L. avacanoeiro |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamontichthys avacanoeiro de Carvalho Paixão & Toledo-Piza, 2009 | |
Lamontichthys avacanoeiro is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Tocantins River basin in Brazil. The species reaches 16 centimetres (6.3 in) in standard length.
Etymology
Its specific name, avacanoeiro, refers to the Avá-Canoeiro people, speakers of the Avá-Canoeiro language, who inhabit the upper Tocantins basin.
References
- de Carvalho Paixão, Andrea; Toledo-Piza, Mônica (2008). "Systematics of Lamontichthys Miranda-Ribeiro (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with the description of two new species". Neotropical Ichthyology. 7 (4): 519–568. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252009000400002.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Lamontichthys avacanoeiro". FishBase.
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| Lamontichthys avacanoeiro | |
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