Rineloricaria microlepidogaster

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

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: Loricariinae
Tribus: Loricariini
Genus: Rineloricaria

Species: Rineloricaria microlepidogaster

Name

Rineloricaria microlepidogaster (Regan, 1904)

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1884.2.5.41.

Type locality: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. .

Etymology: From micro- (= small), lepido- (= scale), and gaster (= belly), referring to small abdominal plates, in 5-6 series between the posterior plates of the lateral series, anteriorly more numerous. (From The ETYFish Project)

Synonyms

• Loricaria microlepidogaster Regan, 1904

References

• Costa-Silva, G. J., Rodriguez, M. S., Roxo, F. F., Foresti, F. & Oliveira, C., 2015: Using Different Methods to Access the Difficult Task of Delimiting Species in a Complex Neotropical Hyperdiverse Group. PLoS ONE, 10 (9): e0135075. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135075

• Regan, C.T. 1904. A monograph of the fishes of the family Loricariidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17 (pt 3, no. 1): 191–350, Pls. 9–21. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Rineloricaria microlepidogaster in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Rineloricaria microlepidogaster in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.