Neoplecostomus botucatu[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known only from the Pardo River basin near Botucatu in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The species reaches 10.2 cm (4 inches) in standard length. Its specific name, botucatu, refers to the municipality where specimens of the species were collected.[2]
Neoplecostomus botucatu | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Neoplecostomus |
Species: | N. botucatu
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Binomial name | |
Neoplecostomus botucatu Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
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References
edit- ^ Roxo, Fábio & Oliveira, Claudio & Zawadzki, Cláudio. (2012). Three new species of Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin of southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 3233. 1-21.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Neoplecostomus botucatu". FishBase.