Taxonomic revision of the Rineloricaria species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay River basin

Species of the genus Rineloricaria from the Paraguay River basin were revised, the following species and geographic distributional patterns were found: R. aurata, Paraguay River basin in Brazil and Paraguay, rio Guaporé in Brazil; R. cacerensis, Paraguay River near Cáceres in Brazil; R. lanceolata,...

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Main Authors: Héctor S. Vera-Alcaraz, Carla S. Pavanelli, Cláudio H. Zawadzki
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252012000200006&lng=en&tlng=en
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author Héctor S. Vera-Alcaraz
Carla S. Pavanelli
Cláudio H. Zawadzki
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description Species of the genus Rineloricaria from the Paraguay River basin were revised, the following species and geographic distributional patterns were found: R. aurata, Paraguay River basin in Brazil and Paraguay, rio Guaporé in Brazil; R. cacerensis, Paraguay River near Cáceres in Brazil; R. lanceolata, Paraguay River basin in Brazil and Paraguay, Guaporé, Ji-Paraná, Purus, Solimões, and Araguaia rivers in Brazil, Marañón and Madre de Dios rivers in Peru; R. parva, Paraguay River basin in Brazil and Paraguay, Paraná River in Argentina, Uruguay River in Brazil. Loricaria hoehnei is proposed as a new junior synonym of R. lanceolata. A key to the species of Rineloricaria from the Paraguay River basin is provided.
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spelling doaj.art-95ea12d4c8ac4109ba052820f0e88b972022-12-22T02:27:01ZengSociedade Brasileira de IctiologiaNeotropical Ichthyology1982-022410228531110.1590/S1679-62252012000200006S1679-62252012000200006Taxonomic revision of the Rineloricaria species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay River basinHéctor S. Vera-Alcaraz0Carla S. Pavanelli1Cláudio H. Zawadzki2Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Estadual de MaringáUniversidade Estadual de MaringáSpecies of the genus Rineloricaria from the Paraguay River basin were revised, the following species and geographic distributional patterns were found: R. aurata, Paraguay River basin in Brazil and Paraguay, rio Guaporé in Brazil; R. cacerensis, Paraguay River near Cáceres in Brazil; R. lanceolata, Paraguay River basin in Brazil and Paraguay, Guaporé, Ji-Paraná, Purus, Solimões, and Araguaia rivers in Brazil, Marañón and Madre de Dios rivers in Peru; R. parva, Paraguay River basin in Brazil and Paraguay, Paraná River in Argentina, Uruguay River in Brazil. Loricaria hoehnei is proposed as a new junior synonym of R. lanceolata. A key to the species of Rineloricaria from the Paraguay River basin is provided.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252012000200006&lng=en&tlng=enLoricariinaeNeotropical fishesSuckermouth armored catfishes
spellingShingle Héctor S. Vera-Alcaraz
Carla S. Pavanelli
Cláudio H. Zawadzki
Taxonomic revision of the Rineloricaria species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay River basin
Neotropical Ichthyology
Loricariinae
Neotropical fishes
Suckermouth armored catfishes
title Taxonomic revision of the Rineloricaria species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay River basin
title_full Taxonomic revision of the Rineloricaria species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay River basin
title_fullStr Taxonomic revision of the Rineloricaria species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay River basin
title_full_unstemmed Taxonomic revision of the Rineloricaria species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay River basin
title_short Taxonomic revision of the Rineloricaria species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay River basin
title_sort taxonomic revision of the rineloricaria species siluriformes loricariidae from the paraguay river basin
topic Loricariinae
Neotropical fishes
Suckermouth armored catfishes
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252012000200006&lng=en&tlng=en
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