Rhinolekos

Rhinolekos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Siluriformes
Family:Loricariidae
Subfamily:Hypoptopomatinae
Genus:Rhinolekos
Martins & Langeani, 2011
Type species
Rhinolekoa britskii
Martins & Langeani, 2011

Rhinolekos is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America. This genus is only known from the Tocantizinho River and Paranaiba River drainage in Goiás, Brazil.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

  • Rhinolekos britskii Martins, Langeani & Costa, 2011 [1]
  • Rhinolekos capetinga Roxo, L. E. Ochoa, G. S. C. Silva & C. de Oliveira, 2015 [2]
  • Rhinolekos garavelloi Martins & Langeani, 2011 [1]
  • Rhinolekos schaeferi Martins & Langeani, 2011 [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 de Oliveira Martins F, Langeani F (2011). "Rhinolekos, a new genus with three new species of Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from upper rio Paraná" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 9 (1): 65–78. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252011000100004.
  2. ↑ Roxo, F., Orrego, L., Silva, G.S.C. & Oliveira, C. (2015). "Rhinolekos capetinga: a new cascudinho species (Loricariidae, Otothyrinae) from the rio Tocantins basin and comments on its ancestral dispersal route". ZooKeys. 481: 109–130. doi:10.3897/zookeys.481.8755. PMC 4319103. PMID 25685034.


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