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: Neoplecostomus
Species (16): N. bandeirante – N. botucatu – N. canastra – N. corumba – N. doceensis – N. espiritosantensis – N. franciscoensis – N. granosus – N. jaguari – N. langeanii – N. microps – N. paranensis – N. pirangaensis – N. ribeirensis – N. selenae – N. variipictus – N. watersi – N. yapo
Name
Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888: 171
Type species: Plecostomus microps Steindachner, 1877, by original designation.
References
Primary references
Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S. 1888. Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. I. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Series 2, 1(pt 2): 119–172.
Additional references
Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. (pdf)
de Oliveira, J.C. & Oyakawa, O.T. 2019. New loricariid fishes from headwaters on Serra da Mantiqueira and Complexo do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 4586(3): 401–424. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.1 Paywall Reference page.
Neoplecostomus is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America.[1] 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.[2] They range from about 8 to 11 cm (3.1–4.3 in) SL.[1] The species of Neoplecostomus live in fast-flowing water.[2]
Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Neoplecostomus bandeirante Roxo, C. de Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012[3]
Neoplecostomus botucatu Roxo, C. de Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012[3]
Neoplecostomus corumba Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
Neoplecostomus doceensis Roxo, G. S. C. Silva, Zawadzki & C. de Oliveira, 2014[4]
Neoplecostomus espiritosantensis Langeani, 1990
Neoplecostomus franciscoensis Langeani, 1990
Neoplecostomus granosus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Neoplecostomus jaguari B. N. Andrade & Langeani, 2014[5]
Neoplecostomus langeanii Roxo, C. de Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012[3]
Neoplecostomus microps (Steindachner, 1877)
Neoplecostomus paranensis Langeani, 1990
Neoplecostomus paraty Cherobim, Lazzarotto & Langeani, 2017[6]
Neoplecostomus pirangaensis Oliveira & Oyakawa, 2019[7]
Neoplecostomus ribeirensis Langeani, 1990
Neoplecostomus selenae Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
Neoplecostomus variipictus Bizerril, 1995
Neoplecostomus watersi Silva, Reia, Zawadzki & Roxo, 2019[8]
Neoplecostomus yapo Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Neoplecostomus in 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. Zootaxa, 3233: 1–21.
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.
Andrade, B.N. & Langeani, F. (2014): A new species of Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from the upper rio Paraná basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (4): 675-681.
Cherobim, A.M., Lazzarotto, H. & Langeani, F. (2017): A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil. 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. 401. 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.1.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
Zawadzki, C.H., C.S. Pavanelli & F. Langeani 2008. Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 1757: 31–48.
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. Zootaxa, 3233: 1–21. Preview
Roxo, F.F., Ochoa, L.E., Costa-Silva, G.J. & Oliveira, C. 2015. Species delimitation in Neoplecostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) using morphologic and genetic approaches. DNA Barcodes 3(1): 110–117.DOI: 10.1515/dna-2015-0014 Reference page.
Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Zawadzki, C.H. & Oliveira, C. 2017. Neoplecostomus canastra, a new catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) species from upper Rio Paraná basin. Zootaxa 4294(2): 226–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.6. Reference page.
Silva, G.S.C., Reia, L., Zawadzki, C.H. & Roxo, F.F. 2019. New species of Neoplecostomus (Neoplecostomini: Loricariidae) lacking adipose fin from upper Rio Paraná basin, central Brazil. Zootaxa 4454(1): 93–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.4 Paywall Reference page.
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