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Scientific Name | Pareiorhaphis vestigipinnis (Pereira & Reis, 1992) |
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Type Locality | Creek tributary of Rio Caveiras at Painel, about 27°55'S, 50°05'W, Lajes, Santa Catarina, Brazil. |
Synonym(s) | Hemipsilichthys vestigipinnis |
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Size | 98mm or 3.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Identification | Pareiorhaphis species are primarily diagnosed
from remaining neoplecostomines by having the canal plate firmly articulated to the preopercle, and by a series of
sexually-dimorphic features of hypertrophied odontodes of adult males, giving the fish a hispid appearance. Absence of adipose fin; cleithral width 27.3-31.7% SL; presence of normally developed dermal plates on the dorsal surface of body; nuptial males with few and delicate hypertrophied odontodes on the lateral margin of head, usually hidden by extensive soft fleshy lobes. |
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Distribution | South America: rio Canoas and its tributaries in Santa Catarina, Brazil. La Plata, Uruguay, Upper Uruguay, Canoas (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Data Deficient , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
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Breeding | Unreported. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
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Reference | Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 18 (no. 4) [for 1991], pp 113, Figs. 2-3. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:13 (species record created: 2006 Jul 28 08:12) |