Leptotocinclus

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: Hypoptopomatinae
Tribus: Hypoptopomatini
Genus: Leptotocinclus
Species: L. ctenistus – L. madeirae

Name

Leptotocinclus Delapieve, Lehmann & Reis, 2018

Type species: Leptotocinclus ctenistus Delapieve, Lehmann & Reis, 2018. Type by original designation.

Gender: masculine

Etymology: Leptotocinclus is from the Greek λεπτός (leptos), meaning 'fine', 'small', 'delicate', and Otocinclus, a genus of Hypoptopomatini, in reference to the delicate aspect of the species included.

References

Primary references

• Delapieve, M.L.S., Lehmann A., P. & Reis, R.E. 2018. An appraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of Hypoptopomatini cascudinhos with description of two new genera and three new species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 15(4): e170079 (for 18 Dec. 2017): 1–37. [First published online 15 Jan. 2018.] DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170079 Reference page. 

Links

• Leptotocinclus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.