New distribution record for the threatened armoured suckermouth catfish Pareiorhaphis garbei (Ihering, 1911) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in São João river basin, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil | Zendy

Gabriela Farias Maia | Zendy; Roney Emanuel Costa de Paiva | Zendy; Aline Barbosa dos Santos | Zendy; Henrique Lazzarotto | Zendy; Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima | Zendy

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New distribution record for the threatened armoured suckermouth catfish Pareiorhaphis garbei (Ihering, 1911) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in São João river basin, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil

Author(s) -

Gabriela Farias Maia,

Roney Emanuel Costa de Paiva,

Aline Barbosa dos Santos,

Henrique Lazzarotto,

Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/9.5.1113

Subject(s) - loricariidae , threatened species , catfish , structural basin , geography , type locality , drainage basin , tributary , archaeology , fishery , geology , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , geomorphology , habitat , taxonomy (biology) , cartography

The present study records the first occurrence of the threatened armoured suckermouth catfish Pareiorhaphis garbei (Ihering, 1911) in São João river basin and also its presence in four conservation units in the coastal basins of Serra dos Órgãos mountains, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. In São João river basin, P. garbei was only captured in a single locality at 111 m a.s.l., consisting in the lower registered altitude for the species, previously found in high altitudes, usually above 800m.

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