Dasyloricaria paucisquama

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: Loricariinae
Genus: Dasyloricaria
Species: Dasyloricaria paucisquama

Name

Dasyloricaria paucisquama Londoño-Burbano & Reis, 2016

• Holotype: MPUJ 6019.
• Paratypes: MCP 46920 (1); CP-UCO 143 (1 c&s); IAvH-P 7683 (1); MPUJ 5189 (1); MCP 48238 (1).

Type locality: Colombia, Departamento de Caldas, La Dorada, La Española farm at Zona El Gigante, río Magdalena basin, río Purrio, 5°21’N, 74°48’W, 243 m a.s.l.

Etymology: Dasyloricaria paucisquama is named from the Latin paucis, meaning few, little and squama, meaning scale or plate, in allusion to the smaller number of central abdominal plates typical of this species.

References

• Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E. 2016. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships of Dasyloricaria Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with description of a new species. Neotropical Ichthyology 14(1): e150120. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150120 Reference page.