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Pareiorhaphis scutula Pereira, Vieira & Reis, 2010

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Minas Gerais, Nova Era, rio Doce drainage, córrego Prainha, tributary to rio Piracicaba, MCP 44046 (holotype of Pareiorhaphis scutula, 8.47 cm SL). Known from the córrego Prainha, a creek tributary to the rio Piracicaba in the upper reaches of the rio Doce drainage basin near Nova Era, Minas Gerais (Ref. 84022).
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Main Ref: Pereira, E.H.L., F. Vieira and R.E. Reis, 2010
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Pareiorhaphis: Greek, pareia = jaw + Greek, rhaphis = needle (Ref. 45335);  scutula: Name from Latin 'scutula', a diminutive of scuta, plate, scute, referring to the small plates that cover the abdominal region of the species: noun in apposition..
  More on authors: Pereira, Vieira & Reis.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 84022).   Subtropical

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