| Neoplecostomus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Neoplecostominae |
| Genus: | Neoplecostomus C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888 |
| Type species | |
| Plecostomus microps Steindachner, 1877 | |
Neoplecostomus is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America. Neoplecostomus can be distinguished from all other loricariids by a modified shield of small plates on the abdomen with posteriorly directed odontodes; the shield appears to act as a holdfast. The color pattern is generally mottled brown with the abdomen white. The head is long, rounded, and shovel-shaped. The fin spines are weak. They range from about 8 to 11 cm (3.1–4.3 in) SL. The species of Neoplecostomus live in fast-flowing water.
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:
- Neoplecostomus altimontanus Andrade, Uzeda, Paiola, Siqueira-Cesar, Okubo, Marques-Frisoni & Langeani, 2024
- Neoplecostomus bandeirante Roxo, C. de Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
- Neoplecostomus botucatu Roxo, C. de Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
- Neoplecostomus corumba Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
- Neoplecostomus doceensis Roxo, G. S. C. Silva, Zawadzki & C. de Oliveira, 2014
- Neoplecostomus espiritosantensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus franciscoensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus granosus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Neoplecostomus jaguari B. N. Andrade & Langeani, 2014
- Neoplecostomus langeanii Roxo, C. de Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
- Neoplecostomus microps (Steindachner, 1877)
- Neoplecostomus paranensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus paraty Cherobim, Lazzarotto & Langeani, 2017
- Neoplecostomus pirangaensis Oliveira & Oyakawa, 2019
- Neoplecostomus ribeirensis Langeani, 1990
- Neoplecostomus selenae Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
- Neoplecostomus variipictus Bizerril, 1995
- Neoplecostomus watersi Silva, Reia, Zawadzki & Roxo, 2019
- Neoplecostomus yapo Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Neoplecostomus". FishBase. October 2016 version.
- ^ Armbruster, Jonathan W. "Neoplecostomus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888". Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ Roxo, F.F.; Oliveira, C.; Zawadzki, C.H. (2012). "Three new species of Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin of southeastern Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3233: 1–21. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3233.1.1.
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C.; Zawadzki, C.H.; Oliveira, C. (2014). "Neoplecostomus doceensis: a new loricariid species (Teleostei, Siluriformes) from the rio Doce basin and comments about its putative origin". ZooKeys (440): 115–127. Bibcode:2014ZooK..440..115R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.440.8203. PMC 4195942. PMID 25317064.
- Andrade, B.N.; Langeani, F. (2014). "A new species of Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from the upper rio Paraná basin" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 12 (4): 675–681. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130195.
- Cherobim, A.M.; Lazzarotto, H.; Langeani, F. (2017). "A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 14 (4): e160015.
- Oliveira, Jose; Oyakawa, Osvaldo (2019). "New loricariid fishes from headwaters on Serra da Mantiqueira and Complexo do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Zootaxa. 4586 (3): 401. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.1. PMID 31716114.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (13 November 2024). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOPTOPOMATINAE Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890 (Cascudinhos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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