Parotocinclus seridoensis

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: Parotocinclus
Species: Parotocinclus seridoensis

Name

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Parotocinclus seridoensis Ramos et al., 2013

  • Holotype: MZUSP 113422.
  • Paratypes: MCP 31463 (19); MZUSP 113423 (3), 113424 (6); MNRJ 40715 (1), 40716 (5); UFRN 240 (1), 005 (4), 303 (1), 1588 (1), 1590 (1 c&s); UFPB 9218 (5).

Type locality: Brazil, Estado do Rio Grande do Norte State, Caicó Municipality, rio Seridó, rio Piranhas-Açu basin, 6°27’28.4”S, 37°05’10.7”W [1].

Etymology: The specific name seridoensis refers the semiarid Caatinga region, popularly known as “Sertão do Seridó”, which encompasses the upper rio Piranhas-Açu basin region in Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba States, one of the most arid regions in northeastern Brazil, with mean annual rainfall of about 500 mm (Silva et al., 2006). The etymology of the word “Seridó” is probably derived from the native Indian language expression “ceri-toh”. In Tapuia language it means “little foliage and little shade”, referring to the characteristic Caatinga vegetation, mainly composed by xeric shrub lands and thorn forest, that consists in small, thorny trees that shed their leaves in the dry periods.

References

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  • Ramos, T. P. A., Barros-Neto, L. F., Britski, H. A. & Lima, S. M. Q.; 2013: Parotocinclus seridoensis, a new hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Piranhas-Açu basin, north­eastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (4):787-796.