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Pareiorhina cepta
Pareiorhina cepta is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the São Francisco River basin in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. It is known to occur alongside the species Astyanax rivularis, Characidium fasciatum, Neoplecostomus franciscoensis, and Trichomycterus macrotrichopterus. The species reaches 4.4 cm (1.7 in) in standard length.
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Range & habitat
Pareiorhina cepta has an elongated body and it reaches a standard length of 4.4 cm (1.7 in). This species can be told apart from the other species in its genus by the possessoion of randomly scattered plates covered with odontodes on the underside, as opposed to noe. It also has a dark caudal fin with a single hyalaine bar.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
Pareiorhina cepta is classified within the genus ''Pareiorhina, this name combines pareiá, meaning "cheek", with rhina, from rhínē, which means "file" or "rasp", this is probably an allusion to the rough sides of the head. The specific name, cepta, is derived from the acronym CEPTA which tsands for Centro de Pesquisa Treinamento em Aquacultura (Aquaculture Research and Training Centre), Pirassununga, São Paulo which organised the expedition the holotype was collected on.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 616726.