Microplecostomus

Microplecostomus forestii
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Neoplecostominae
Genus: Microplecostomus
G. S. C. Silva, Roxo, L. E. Ochoa & C. de Oliveira, 2016 [1]
Species: M. forestii
Binomial name
Microplecostomus forestii
G. S. C. Silva, Roxo, L. E. Ochoa & C. de Oliveira, 2016

Microplecostomus forestii, is a species of fish in the family Loricariidae found in two tributaries of the Tocantizinho River in the Tocantins basin. This species is the only member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F., Ochoa, L.E. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Description of a new catfish genus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Tocantins River basin in central Brazil, with comments on the historical zoogeography of the new taxon. ZooKeys, 598: 129–157.


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