Nannoplecostomus

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
Genus: Nannoplecostomus
Species (1): N. eleonorae

Name

Nannoplecostomus Ribeiro, Lima & Pereira, 2012

• Type species: Nannoplecostomus eleonorae Ribeiro, Lima & Pereira, 2012

Etymology: From the Greek nannos (= dwarf), and plecostomus, the former generic name of the species currently included in the well-known Hypostominae genus Hypostomus, in allusion to the small adult size of the type-species.

References

• Ribeiro, A.C., Lima, F.C.T. & Pereira, E.H.L. 2012: A New Genus and Species of a Minute Suckermouth Armored Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage, Central Brazil: The Smallest Known Loricariid Catfish. Copeia, 2012 (4): 637–647.