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| Scientific Name | Pareiorhaphis stephana (Oliveira & Oyakawa, 1999) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Rio Jequitinhonha drainage, Diamantina County, ribeirão das Pedras, elevation about 1300 meters, 3 kilometers north of Diamantina, about 18°10'S, 43°37'W, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | |
| Etymology | Lorica, Loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather (a suit of armour made of leather). |
| Species Information | |
| 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. 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 | South America Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 10 (no. 1), pp 77, Fig. 4. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.4.380.6991 | |
| Last Update | Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:17 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am) |