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

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.

References

• Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F. & Oyakawa, O.T. 2016. Description of a new species of Pareiorhina (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 4107(3): 381–391. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.3.6. Reference page.