Brochiloricaria
| Brochiloricaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Tribe: | Loricariini |
| Genus: | Brochiloricaria Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979 |
| Type species | |
| Brochiloricaria chauliodon Isbrücker, 1979 |
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| Binomial name | |
Brochiloricaria is a small genus of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae. It includes two species, B. chauliodon and B. macrodon.[1]
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[edit] Distribution
The species of this genus are distributed in the Paraná River system.[2] B. chauliodon originates from the Río de la Plata basin.[3] B. macrodon is found in the Paraguay River basin.[4]
[edit] Appearance and anatomy
Brochiloricaria is morphologically very similar to Loricaria and can be distinguished from the latter only by its teeth characteristics; in Brochiloricaria, the teeth are very long and of equal size on both jaws, while in Loricaria the premaxillary teeth are almost two times longer than dentary teeth.[2] However, dentition may not be a reliable characteristic to differentiate to genera, so Brochiloricaria may actually be a synonym of Loricaria.[2]
Both species of Brochiloricaria reach almost 30 centimetres (12 in) in length.[3][4]
[edit] Ecology
Brochiloricaria is an abdomino-lip brooder.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf.
- ^ a b c d Covain, Raphael; Fisch-Muller, Sonia (2007). "The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis" (PDF). Zootaxa 1462: 1–40. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01462p040.pdf.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Brochiloricaria chauliodon" in FishBase. June 2007 version.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Brochiloricaria macrodon" in FishBase. June 2007 version.
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