Tocantinsia piresi

Taxobox
name = "Tocantinsia piresi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Auchenipteridae
subfamilia = Auchenipterinae
genus = "Tocantinsia"
genus_authority = Mees, 1974
species = "T. piresi"
binomial = "Tocantinsia piresi"
binomial_authority = (Miranda Ribeiro, 1920)
synonyms =
*"Glanidium piresi"
Miranda Ribeiro, 1920
*"Tocantinsia depressa"
Mees, 1974

"Tocantinsia piresi" is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Auchenipteridae, and is the only species of the genus "Tocantinsia". [cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF] "T. piresi" grows to a length of about 10 centimetres (3.9 in) SL and originates from the upper Tocantins River basin.FishBase species|genus=Tocantinsia|species=piresi|year=2007|month=July] During the rainy season, "T. piresi" is an omnivore that feeds mainly on allochthonous food items such as fruits, seeds, flowers, and animals from the igapo, permanently flooded land where roots of vegetation are always submerged. Reproduction occurs between November and January, when the water level of the river is rising. [cite journal|title=Aspects of the biology of "Tocantinsia depressa" (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae)|last=Martinho Carvalho|first=F|coauthors=de Resende, EK|journal=Amazonia|volume=8|issue=3|pages=327–337|year=1984]

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