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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: Neoplecostominae
Genus: Microplecostomus

Species: M. forestii
Name

Microplecostomus Silva et al., 2016

Type species: Microplecostomus forestii Silva et al., 2016

Etymology: The generic name is a combination of Greek, micro (mikrós) (= small), related to the small size of the adult type-specimen, and plecostomus (= a former generic name of species currently included in Loricariidae), also in reference to the small adult size of the type-species.
References

Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F., Orrego, 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.598.7400. Reference page.

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