Corumbataia veadeiros

Corumbataia veadeiros
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Tribe: Otothyrini
Genus: Corumbataia
Species: C. veadeiros
Binomial name
Corumbataia veadeiros
Carvalho, 2008

Corumbataia veadeiros is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil, where it is found in tributaries of the Rio das Almas and the Ribeirão dos Bois, both of which are tributaries of the Rio Paranã, in the headwaters of the Rio Tocantins basin, Goiás, central Brazil.[1] This species grows to a length of 3.68 centimetres (1.45 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. Carvalho, Tiago Pinto (2008). "A New Species of Corumbataia (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from Upper Rio Tocantins Basin, Central Brazil". Copeia. 3 (3): 552–557. doi:10.1643/CI-07-064.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Corumbataia veadeiros" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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