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Neoplecostomus yapo Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type-locality: Paraná State, Tibagi, Riacho Fortaleza (Fazenda Santo Amaro), affluent of Rio Yapó, Rio Tibagi basin, DZSJRP 6714 (holotype of Neoplecostomus yapo, 9.74 cm SL, male) (Ref. 75575).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Zawadzki, C.H., C.S. Pavanelli and F. Langeani, 2008
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Neoplecostomus: Greek, neos = new + Greek, plekos,-eos = twisted (Ref. 45335);  yapo: Named for Rio Yapó, drainage of the type-locality; noun in apposition. Yapo means flooded area or marsh in apposition. The word "yapo" in Tupi language means flooded area or marsh, in the Tupi language..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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