Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Neoplecostominae
Genus: Pareiorhaphis
Species: Pareiorhaphis proskynita

Name

Holotype: MNRJ 38561. Paratypes: MCP 46317 (12), 46318 (20); MNRJ 36770 (12), 36762 (6), 38278 (12), 38279 (28).

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Catas Altas, Rio Doce drainage, Ribeirão Caraça at locality of Taboões, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (R.P.P.N.) Santuário do Caraça, Serra do Caraça, tributary to Rio Piracicaba, 20°04'54"S, 43°30'20"W.

Etymology: The specific name proskynita is from the Greek proskynitís, which means "pilgrim" in allusion to the pilgrimage activity associated with the Santuário do Caraça ("Caraça’s Sanctuary"), originally founded by Brother Lourenço in the 1770s as a resting place for those travelers in search of an alternative to the madness of the mining activities of that century through spiritual redemption, and which is now a Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural ("Natural Patrimony Particular Reserve"), preserving an area of more than 100 km², nested in a region of intense mining activity.

References

  • Pereira, E. H. L. & Britto, M. R.; 2012: A New Distinctively Colored Catfish of the Genus Pareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Piracicaba, Upper Rio Doce Basin, Brazil. Copeia, 2012 (3): 519–526.
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