Neoplecostominae

Neoplecostominae
Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Neoplecostominae
Regan, 1904
Genera

Hirtella Pereira, Zanata, Cetra & Reis, 2014 [1]
Isbrueckerichthys Derijst, 1996
Kronichthys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908
Microplecostomus Silva, Roxo, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2016 [2]
Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Pareiorhaphis Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Pareiorhina Gosline, 1947

Neoplecostominae is a subfamily of South American catfishes of the family Loricariidae. Species of this subfamily live in high-mountain and swift-flowing river habitats.[3]

Taxonomy

This subfamily is the most basal clade in Loricariidae with the exception of Lithogeneinae.[4] The genera do not form a monophyletic assemblage.[5] Neoplecostominae is not diagnosed by any unique characteristic.[3] However, molecular studies have supported this grouping.[4]

Within the paraphyletic Neoplecostominae, Pareiorhina forms a monophyletic subunit that also includes Neoplecostomus.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Pereira, E.H.L., Zanata, A., Cetra, M. & Reis, R.E. (2014): A Remarkable Sexually Dimorphic New Genus and Species of Neoplecostomine Catfish (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from a Coastal Drainage of Eastern Brazil. Copeia, 2014 (4): 673-681.
  2. ↑ Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F., Ochoa, 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.
  3. 1 2 Armbruster, J.W. "Neoplecostominae Regan, 1904".
  4. 1 2 Alves, A.L., Oliveira, C. & Foresti, F. (2005). "Comparative cytogenetic analysis of eleven species of subfamilies Neoplecostominae and Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Genetica,. 124 (2): 127–136. doi:10.1007/s10709-004-7561-4.
  5. ↑ Pereira, E.H.L. (2005). "Resurrection of Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and description of a new species from the rio Iguaçu basin, Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology,. 3 (2): 271–276. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000200004.
  6. ↑ Chamon, C.C., Aranda, A.T. & Buckup, P.A. (2005). "Pareiorhina brachyrhyncha (Loricariidae: Siluriformes): A New Species of Fish from the Paraíba do Sul Slope of Serra da Mantiqueira, Southeastern Brazil". Copeia,. 2005 (3): 550–558. doi:10.1643/CI-04-276R.
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