Microlepidogaster is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
| Microlepidogaster | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypoptopomatinae |
| Genus: | Microlepidogaster C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889[1] |
| Type species | |
| Microlepidogaster perforatus C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889[1] | |
Species
editThere are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Microlepidogaster arachas Martins, Calegari & Langeani, 2013 [3]
- Microlepidogaster dimorpha Martins & Langeani, 2011
- Microlepidogaster discontenta Calegari, E. V. Silva & R. E. dos Reis, 2014 [4]
- Microlepidogaster discus Martins, A. C. Rosa & Langeani, 2014 [5]
- Microlepidogaster longicolla Calegari & R. E. dos Reis, 2010
- Microlepidogaster negomata Martins, Cherobim, Andrade & Langeani, 2017
- Microlepidogaster perforata C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
- Microlepidogaster roseae Martins, 2022
References
edit- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hypoptopomatinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Microlepidogaster". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ↑ Martins F.O.; Calegari B.B.; Langeani F. (2013). "Microlepidogaster arachas, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3608 (5): 379–388. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3608.5.6. PMID 24614478. S2CID 393595.
- ↑ Calegari, B.B.; Silva, E.V. & Reis, R.E. (2014). "Microlepidogaster discontenta, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 25 (3): 213–221.
- ↑ Martins F.O.; Rosa A.C.; Langeani F. (2014). "Microlepidogaster discus, a new species of Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Jequitinhonha basin, southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 3873 (4): 560–570. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.696.1183. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3873.5.6. PMID 25544237.
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