Pareiorhina
Sign in to savePareiorhina is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America where they are only found in Brazil. These species are known to occur at altitudes above 650 metres (2100 ft) in various rivers of the Grande, Paraíba do Sul, São Francisco and Tietê River basins. This genus was first erected by Gosline in 1947 as a monotypic genus to include Rhinelepis rudolphi. It was not until 2003 that a second species, P. carrancas, was described. The third species, P. brachyrhyncha was described in 2005. Pareiorhina forms a monophyletic subunit with Neoplecostomus within the subfamily Neoplecos
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pareiorhina is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to fin, Brazil and South America.
It is catalogued under topics including Catfish genera, Endemic fish of Brazil and Freshwater fish genera.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
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- Neoplecostominae
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Pareiorhina is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America where they are only found in Brazil. These species are known to occur at altitudes above 650 metres (2100 ft) in various rivers of the Grande, Paraíba do Sul, São Francisco and Tietê River basins. This genus was first erected by Gosline in 1947 as a monotypic genus to include Rhinelepis rudolphi. It was not until 2003 that a second species, P. carrancas, was described. The third species, P. brachyrhyncha was described in 2005. Pareiorhina forms a monophyletic subunit with Neoplecostomus within the subfamily Neoplecostominae.
==Species== There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus: Pareiorhina brachyrhyncha Chamon, Aranda & Buckup, 2005 Pareiorhina carrancas Bockmann & A. C. Ribeiro, 2003 Pareiorhina cepta Roxo, G. S. C. Silva, Mehanna & C. de Oliveira, 2012 Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis G. S. C. Silva, Roxo & C. de Oliveira, 2013 Pareiorhina pelicicei Azevedo-Santos & Roxo, 2015 Pareiorhina rosai G. S. C. Silva, Roxo & Oyakawa, 2016 Pareiorhina rudolphi (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911)
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