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Tocantinsia piresi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Auchenipteridae
Genus:	Tocantinsia Mees, 1974
Species:	T. piresi
Binomial name
Tocantinsia piresi (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)
Synonyms
Glanidium piresi A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1920 Tocantinsia depressa Mees, 1974

Tocantinsia piresi is a species of driftwood catfish (order Siluriformes), and is the only species of the genus Tocantinsia. T. piresi grows to a length of about 10 centimetres (3.9 in) SL and originates from the upper Tocantins River basin. During the rainy season, T. piresi is an omnivore that feeds mainly on allochthonous food items such as fruits, seeds, flowers, and animals from the igapo, permanently flooded land where roots of vegetation are always submerged. Reproduction occurs between November and January, when the water level of the river is rising.

References

1. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tocantinsia piresi". FishBase. December 2011 version.
3. Martinho Carvalho, F; de Resende, EK (1984). "Aspects of the biology of Tocantinsia depressa (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae)". Amazonia. 8 (3): 327–337.

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