Gymnotocinclus anosteos

Taxobox
name = "Gymnotocinclus anosteos"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Loricariidae
subfamilia = Hypoptopomatinae
genus = "Gymnotocinclus"
genus_authority = Carvalho, Lehmann & Reis, 2008
species = "G. anoesteos"
binomial = "Gymnotocinclus anosteos"
binomial_authority = Carvalho, Lehmann & Reis, 2008

"Gymnotocinclus anosteos" is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae. It is the only species in the genus "Gymnotocinclus".cite journal|journal=Neotropical Ichthyology|volume=6|issue=3|pages=329-338|year=2008|title="Gymnotocinclus anosteos", a new uniquely-plated genus and species of loricariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from the upper rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil|first=Tiago Pinto|last=Carvalho|coauthors=Lehmann A., Pablo; Reis, Roberto E.]

"G. anosteos" originates from the upper Tocantins River basin in central Brazil.

This species is unusual among the loricariidae due to its extremely reduced armor plates that are characteristic of the family, giving the fish a relatively naked body. This fish probably has a basal position in the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae.

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