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Neoplecostomus jaguari Andrade & Langeani, 2014

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Comments: Known from the ribeirão do Forja and from córrego Casca d’Antas, both tributaries from the rio Jaguari, sub-basin from the rio Piracicaba-Capivari- Jundiaí, rio Tietê drainage, upper rio Paraná basin (Ref. 97853).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Andrade, B.N. and F. Langeani, 2014
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Neoplecostomus: Greek, neos = new + Greek, plekos,-eos = twisted (Ref. 45335);  jaguari: The specific name jaguari is used in reference to the rio Jaguari, basin which ribeirão do Forja and the córrego Casca d’Antas belong. The epithet jaguari, from the Tupi Guarani, refers to river of jaguar (‘onça’)..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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