Pareiorhina mystica Uzeda, Katz, Ottoni, Costa, Langeani & Azevedo-Santos, 2026
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Pareiorhina: Greek, pareia = jaw + Greek, rhinos = nose (Ref. 45335); mystica: Name 'mystica' in reference to the cultural traditions and beliefs involving mysticism and esotericism of the type locality of the new species, city of Sao Thomé das Letras.
Etymology: Pareiorhina: Greek, pareia = jaw + Greek, rhinos = nose (Ref. 45335); mystica: Name 'mystica' in reference to the cultural traditions and beliefs involving mysticism and esotericism of the type locality of the new species, city of Sao Thomé das Letras.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
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South America: Brazil.
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Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: presence of a postdorsal ridge; unicuspid teeth; absence of keels on dorsal and mid-dorsal series of plates; two fenestrae on the anterior portion of pelvic girdle; dorsal profile of the snout elliptical; tip of the snout naked; head (87.6%99.0% HL); absence of a cluster of abdominal platelets between pelvic fins; absence of dark spots over dorsal and lateral surfaces of head, body and fins; posterior margin of lower lip fringed; tip of pectoral-fin spine reaching the second third of dorsal-fin base when adpressed; mandibular ramus (12.7%-18.4% HL); and 30 total vertebrae (Ref. 138661).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Uzeda, P.L.C., L.J. Sartori, A.M. Katz, F.P. Ottoni, W.J.E.M. Costa, F. Langeani and V.M. Azevedo-Santos, 2026. Integrative taxonomy reveals four new species of the armoured catfish genus Pareiorhina (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Paraná River basin, Brazil. J. Fish Biol. 1-28. (Ref. 138661)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00977 (0.00436 - 0.02192), b=3.06 (2.87 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
| 0 | |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |