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Neoplecostomus botucatu

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Neoplecostomus botucatu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Neoplecostomus
Species:
N. botucatu
Binomial name
Neoplecostomus botucatu
Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012

Neoplecostomus botucatu[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known only from the Pardo River basin near Botucatu in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The species reaches 10.2 cm (4 inches) in standard length. Its specific name, botucatu, refers to the municipality where specimens of the species were collected.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Roxo, Fábio & Oliveira, Claudio & Zawadzki, Cláudio. (2012). Three new species of Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin of southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 3233. 1-21.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Neoplecostomus botucatu". FishBase.