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Scientific Name	**Pareiorhaphis scutula** Pereira, Vieira & Reis, 2010
Common Name
Type Locality	Córrego Prainha, tributary to rio Pircicabe, 19°38'54"S, 42°57'37"W, Nova Era, Río Doce drainage, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Etymology	.
Species Information
Size	91mm or 3.6" 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.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Pareiorhaphis scutula is so far known from the córrego Prainha, a creek tributary to the rio Piracicaba in the upper reaches of the rio Doce drainage basin near Nova Era, Minas Gerais, Brazil Espirito Santo State Rivers, Doce, Piracicaba (Minas Gerais), Prainha (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2022.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Neotropical Ichthyology v. 8 (no. 1), pp 34, Figs. 1, 2a.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:13 (species record created: 2010 Jul 12 06:21)