AquaticRepublic.com - Rhyacoglanis sp. `ARAGUAIA` (Pseudopimelodidae) All Fishes

Parque Estadual da Serra Azul, MT, Brazil

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	Rhyacoglanis sp. `ARAGUAIA`
Common Name
Etymology	Rhyacoglanis, from the Greek rhyax = torrent + glanis = catfish; indicating a catfish inhabiting running waters in reference to the habitat of the genus. Gender masculine.
Species Information
Identification	Rhyacoglanis is distinguished from other Pseudopimelodidae by three synapomorphies: presence of a light blotch on the cheek; a connection between the middle of the dark caudal-fin stripe and the dark caudal-peduncle pigmentation; and 30-35 total vertebrae. A key to the species is located HERE.
General Remarks	This Rhyacoglanis from the the upper Rio Araguaia and Rio Das Mortes was originally reported as R. pulcher when a specimen's COI gene sequence was uploaded to GenBank by E.R.M. Martinez et al. [2007. Molecular phylogeny of Pseudopimelodidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Submitted (SEP 2007) to the EMBL/GenBank/ DDBJ databases]. Subsequent genetic testing by J. Chuctaya et al. [2023. PLoS ONE, 18(7): e0287120] of newly collected, confirmed R. pulcher revealed that this fish is not R. pulcher, but instead may be an undescribed new species.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Upper Rio Araguaia. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia, Das Mortes (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia, Upper Araguaia (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Furniture	See general remarks. Rhyacoglanis likely prefer well-aerated water with significant current over a substrate of rocks, pebbles and sand.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
Wishlists	Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species.
Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen.
Forum BBCode

	Look up R. sp. `ARAGUAIA` on PlanetCatfish.com
	LFS label creator
Last Update	2023 Jul 27 09:07 (species record created: 2023 Jul 14 22:32)