Neoplecostominae

Neoplecostominae
Neoplecostominae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Neoplecostominae
Regan, 1904
Genera

Isbrueckerichthys
Kronichthys
Neoplecostomus
Pareiorhaphis
Pareiorhina

Neoplecostominae is a subfamily of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae. Species of Neoplecostominae live in high-montane, swift-flowing river habitats.[1]

Taxonomy

Neoplecostominae is the most basal clade in Loricariidae with the exception of Lithogeneinae.[2] The genera of Neoplecostominae do not form a monophyletic assemblage.[3] Neoplecostominae is not diagnosed by any unique characteristic.[1] However, molecular studies have supported this grouping.[2]

Within this paraphyletic Neoplecostominae, Pareiorhina forms a monophyletic subunit that also includes Neoplecostomus.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Armbruster, Jonathan W.. "Neoplecostominae Regan 1904". http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/res_area/loricariid/fish_key/neoplecin/neoplecin.html. Retrieved 2007-07-02. 
  2. ^ a b Alves, Anderson Luís; Oliveira, Claudio; Foresti (2005). "Comparative cytogenetic analysis of eleven species of subfamilies Neoplecostominae and Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Genetica 124 (2–3): 127–136. doi:10.1007/s10709-004-7561-4. PMID 16134327. 
  3. ^ Pereira, Edson H. Lopes (2005). "Resurrection of Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and description of a new species from the rio Iguaçu basin, Brazil" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (2): 271–276. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000200004. http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol3num2/Artigo04p271-276lr.pdf. 
  4. ^ Chamon, Carine C.; Aranda, Arion T.; Buckup, Paulo A. (2005). Armbruster, J. W.. ed. "Pareiorhina brachyrhyncha (Loricariidae: Siluriformes): a New Species of Fish from the Paraíba do Sul Slope of Serra da Mantiqueira, Southeastern Brazil". Copeia 2005 (3): 550–558. doi:10.1643/CI-04-276R. 


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