Rhadinoloricaria macromystax

Taxobox
name = "Rhadinoloricaria macromystax"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Loricariidae
subfamilia = Loricariinae
tribus = Loricariini
genus = "Rhadinoloricaria"
genus_authority = Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1974
species = "R. macromystax"
binomial = "Rhadinoloricaria macromystax"
binomial_authority = (Günther, 1869)
synonyms ="Loricaria macromystax"
Günther, 1869

"Rhadinoloricaria macromystax" is the only species of the monotypic genus "Rhadinoloricaria", a genus of the family Loricariidae of catfish (order Siluriformes).cite journal|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01462p040.pdf|title=The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis|first=Raphael|last=Covain|coauthors=Fisch-Muller, Sonia|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1462|pages=1–40|year=2007|formattPDF]

"Rhadinoloricaria" is part of the "Pseudohemiodon" group of the tribe Loricariini in the subfamily Loricariinae. "Apistoloricaria" and "Crossoloricaria" include fish that are very similar to "Rhadinoloricaria", and it has been proposed that the former two genera be synonymized with the latter.

This species is distributed upper Amazon and Orinoco River basins, Essequibo, and Tocantins drainages. "P. menezesi" is known to occur over sandy substrates. "P. menezesi" reaches a length of about 14 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.FishBase species|genus=Rhadinoloricaria|species=macromystax|year=2007|month=May] This fish species is relatively unknown and uncommon in museum collections; also, ecological and behavioral data is unavailable for this species.

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