Pareiorhaphis

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Pareiorhaphis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Loricariidae Subfamily: Neoplecostominae Genus: Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro, 1918
Type species
Psilichthys cameroni Steindachner, 1907
Species
P. azygolechis P. bahianus P. cameroni P. cerosus P. eurycephalus P. garbei P. hypselurus P. hystrix P. mutuca P. nasuta P. nudulus P. parmula P. regani P. splendens P. steindachneri P. stephanus P. stomias P. vestigipinnis

Pareiorhaphis is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae.

[edit] Taxonomy

Most species in to Pareiorhaphis were originally described in Hemipsilichthys. In 1918, Miranda Ribeiro proposed the new genus Pareiorhaphis.^[1] Whether Pareiorhaphis is monophyletic or not is currently unknown.^[1]

[edit] Description

Pareiorhaphis can be readily distinguished from other neoplecostomines by the unique combination of having fleshy lobes on lateral margins of head ornamented with hypertrophied odontodes on nuptial males, caudal peduncle ovoid in cross-section, abdomen usually naked, dorsal fin spinelet ovoid, and adipose fin usually present.^[1] The color pattern is usually dark brown and mottled with the abdomen white.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Pereira, Edson H. Lopes (2005). "Resurrection of Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and description of a new species from the rio Iguaçu basin, Brazil" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (2): 271–276. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000200004. 
2. ^ Armbruster, Jonathan W.. Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro 1918. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.