Nannoplecostomus eleonorae

Nannoplecostomus eleonorae
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Nannoplecostomus; A. C. Ribeiro, F. C. T. Lima & E. H. L. Pereira, 2012
Species:	N. eleonorae
Binomial name
	Nannoplecostomus eleonorae; A. C. Ribeiro, F. C. T. Lima & E. H. L. Pereira, 2012

Nannoplecostomus eleonorae is a species of armored catfish known only from the upper Rio Tocantins basin in the Brazilian state of Goiás. This species grows to a length of 2.22 centimetres (0.87 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus and the smallest loricariid catfish known.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Ribeiro, A.C., Lima, F.C.T. & Pereira, E.H.L. (2012): A New Genus and Species of a Minute Suckermouth Armored Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage, Central Brazil: The Smallest Known Loricariid Catfish. Copeia, 2012 (4): 637-647.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannoplecostomus eleonorae". FishBase. February 2013 version.

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[1] Ribeiro, A.C., Lima, F.C.T. & Pereira, E.H.L. (2012): A New Genus and Species of a Minute Suckermouth Armored Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage, Central Brazil: The Smallest Known Loricariid Catfish. Copeia, 2012 (4): 637-647.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannoplecostomus eleonorae". FishBase. February 2013 version.

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