Baryancistrus hadrostomus
| Baryancistrus hadrostomus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Baryancistrus |
| Species: | B. hadrostomus |
| Binomial name | |
| Baryancistrus hadrostomus | |
Baryancistrus hadrostomus, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes.[1] This catfish was first formally described in 2019 by Renildo Ribeiro de Oliveira, Lucia Helena Rapp Py-Daniel and Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa with its type locality given as the first waterfall of the Iratapuru River, Laranjal do Jari, in the Brazilian state of Amapá, at 0°33'50.4"S, 52°34'42.4"W.[2] This species is found in the basin of the Jari River in northern Brazil.[1] This species is told apart from all other Baryancistrus species by having a grey to black coloured body covered by small and widely spaced white dots.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Baryancistrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
- 1 2 de Oliveira, Renildo Ribeiro; Rapp Py-Daniel, Lúcia; Oyakawa, Osvaldo Takesh (2019). "Two New Species of the Armored Catfish Genus Baryancistrus Rapp Py-Daniel, 1989 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Jari River, Amazon Basin, Brazil". Copeia. 107 (3): 481–492. doi:10.1643/CI-19-201. S2CID 203361745.