Microlepidogaster arachas

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: Otothyrinae
Genus: Microlepidogaster
Species: Microlepidogaster arachas

Name

Microlepidogaster arachas Martins, Calegari & Langeani, 2013

• Holotype: DZSJRP 2999.
• Paratypes: many, depostited at AMNH, DZSJRP, LBP, MNRJ, MZUSP, and MCP.

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, stream at Sacramento Municipality, tributary to rio Araguari at road from Sacramento to Araxá, rio Paranaíba drainage, upper rio Paraná basin, 19°49'11"S, 47°16'0"W [1].

Etymology: The specific epithet arachas is a reference to the native people Arachás who once lived in the area drained by the rio Araguari (rio das Velhas), type-locality of the new species, and were exterminated by the Caiapós in 1750s. In the Tupi language Araxá means high place where sun can be seen first, thus Arachás were the ones that inhabited the highlands of southeastern Minas Gerais State.

References

• Martins, F.O., Calegari, B.B. & Langeani, F. 2013. Microlepidogaster arachas, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 3608(5): 379–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.5.6 Reference page.