Microplecostomus
Microplecostomus forestii, is a species of fish in the family Loricariidae found in two tributaries of the Tocantizinho River in the Tocantins basin. This species is the only member of its genus.[1]
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
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| Genus: | Microplecostomus |
| Species: | M. forestii |
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| Microplecostomus forestii G. S. C. Silva, Roxo, L. E. Ochoa & Oliveira, 2016 | |
The fish is named in honor of Fausto Foresti of the Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”-UNESP, Brazil, because of his contributions to fish genetics, with more than 250 papers published in this field.[2]
References
- Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F., Ochoa, L.E. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Description of a new catfish genus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Tocantins River basin in central Brazil, with comments on the historical zoogeography of the new taxon. ZooKeys, 598: 129–157.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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