Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes
Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypoptopomatinae
Tribus: Hypoptopomatini
Genus: Leptotocinclus
Species: L. ctenistus – L. madeirae
Name
Leptotocinclus Delapieve, Lehmann & Reis, 2018
Type species: Leptotocinclus ctenistus Delapieve, Lehmann & Reis, 2018. Type by original designation.
Gender: masculine
Etymology: Leptotocinclus is from the Greek λεπτός (leptos), meaning 'fine', 'small', 'delicate', and Otocinclus, a genus of Hypoptopomatini, in reference to the delicate aspect of the species included.
References
Primary references
Delapieve, M.L.S., Lehmann A., P. & Reis, R.E. 2018. An appraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of Hypoptopomatini cascudinhos with description of two new genera and three new species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 15(4): e170079 (for 18 Dec. 2017): 1–37. [First published online 15 Jan. 2018.] DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170079 Open access Reference page.
Links
Leptotocinclus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
