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Rhinelepis is a
genus of
South American armored catfish.
There are
currently two
recognized species in this genus:
Rhinelepis aspera Spix & Ag****iz, 1829...
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Rhinelepis aspera is a
species of
armored catfish native to Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay,
where it
occurs in the São
Francisco and
upper Paraná River...
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Rhinelepis strigosa is a
species of
armored catfish native to Argentina, Brazil,
Paraguay and
Uruguay where it
occurs in the Paraná and
Uruguay River basins...
- "Phylogenetic
Relationships of the
Suckermouth Armored Catfishes of the
Rhinelepis Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae)". Copeia. 1998 (3).
American Society...
- a
valid genus, was
placed in
synonymy with Pogonopoma. This
genus and
Rhinelepis have a
sister group relationship.
There are
currently three recognized...
- the diverticulum. In
Rhinelepis and Pseudorinelepis, the
diverticulum functions as an
accessory respiratory organ. In
Rhinelepis, the
diverticulum is...
- "Phylogenetic
Relationships of the
Suckermouth Armored Catfishes of the
Rhinelepis Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae)". Copeia. 1998 (3): 620–636. doi:10...
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Siluriformes Family:
Loricariidae Genus:
Hypostomus Species: H. levis
Binomial name
Hypostomus levis (Pearson, 1924)
Synonyms Rhinelepis levis Cochliodon levis...
- was
first erected by
Gosline in 1947 as a
monotypic genus to
include Rhinelepis rudolphi. It was not
until 2003 that a
second species, P. carrancas, was...
- and fish culturist, who
first described this
catfish as
Plecostomus (
Rhinelepis)
microps in 1907, but used a
preoccupied name (Plecostomus
microps Steindachner...
