Pareiorhina rudolphi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Pareiorhina |
Species: | P. rudolphi
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Binomial name | |
Pareiorhina rudolphi (
A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911)
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Synonyms | |
Rhinelepis rudolphi Miranda Ribeiro, 1911 |
Pareiorhina rudolphi is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Paraíba do Sul River near Lorena, São Paulo State, Brazil. [2] This species grows to a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) TL.
The fish is named in honor of Rodolpho von Ihering (1883-1939), a zoologist and fish culturist, who first described this catfish as Plecostomus (Rhinelepis) microps in 1907, but used a preoccupied name (Plecostomus microps Steindachner 1876) and so it was renamed. [3]