Pareiorhina rosai

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: Neoplecostominae
Genus: Pareiorhina
Species: Pareiorhina rosai

Name

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Pareiorhina rosai Silva et al., 2016

  • Holotype: MZUSP 118120.
  • Paratypes: LBP 19656 (7, 6), 6497 (1, 1), 6536 (3, 15), 16299 (1, 7); MZUSP 118121 (3, 1); NUP 17759 (1, 1).

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, municipality of Congonhas, unknown river, tributary of rio Maranhão, rio Paraopeba, rio São Francisco basin, 20°26'39.6"S, 43°53'24.5"W.

Etymology: named rosai, a patronym that honors João Guimarães Rosa the famous Brazilian writer who documented the history of people living near the Rio das Velhas and rio Paraopeba (e.g. Sagarana and Grande Sertão Veredas), in the Brazilian Savanna (“sertão”) in Bahia, Goiás and Minas Gerais States.

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