Pseudotocinclus parahybae
Pseudotocinclus parahybae is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil, where it is known only from the type locality, a tributary of the ribeirão Grande, rio Paraíba do Sul basin. It is a medium-size creek, 0.5–1.5 metres (1.6–4.9 ft) deep and 5.0 m (16.4 ft) wide at approximately 800 m (2600 ft) above sea level, on the slope of Serra da Mantiqueira, with very clear, well oxygenated, and fast flowing water, running mainly on stone beds.[1]
| Pseudotocinclus parahybae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Pseudotocinclus |
| Species: | P. parahybae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudotocinclus parahybae Takako, Oliveira & Oyakawa, 2005 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Pseudotocinclus parahybae" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Takako, Adriana Kazue; Oliveira, Claudio; Oyakawa, Osvaldo Takeshi (2005). "Revision of the genus Pseudotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), with descriptions of two new species" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 3 (4): 499–508. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000400007.
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