Plesioptopoma
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| Plesioptopoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Plesioptopoma Reis, Pereira & Lehmann A., 2012 |
| Species: | P. curvidens
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| Binomial name | |
| Plesioptopoma curvidens | |
Plesioptopoma curvidens is a species of armored catfish native to Brazil, where it is known to occur in the Rio Paraopeba, a tributary of the Rio São Francisco. It is the only species in the genus Plesioptopoma.[1] This species reaches a maximum length of 8.3 centimetres (3.3 in) (SL).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Reis, R.E.; Pereira, E.H.L. & Lehmann A., P. (2012). "A New Genus and Species of Hypoptopomatine Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio São Francisco Basin, Brazil". Copeia. 1: 6–11. doi:10.1643/CI-11-068. S2CID 85222419.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plesioptopoma curvidens". FishBase. August 2014 version.
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