Leptotocinclus
| Leptotocinclus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypoptopomatinae |
| Genus: | Leptotocinclus Delapieve, Lehmann A & Reis, 2018[1] |
| Type species | |
| Leptotocinclus madeirae Delapieve, Lehmann A & Reis, 2018[1] | |
Leptotocinclus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
Taxonomy
Leptotocinclus was first proposed as a genus in 2018 by Maria Laura S. Delapieve, Pablo César Lehmann Albornoz and Roberto Esser dos Reis when they described both species in the genus, designating L. madeirae as its type species.[2] This genus is classified in the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the casudinhos, of the armored suckermouth catfish family, Loricariinae, within the suborder Loricarioidei of the catfish order Siluriformes.[3]
Species
Leptotocinclus contains the following valid species:[4]
- Leptotocinclus ctenistus Delapieve, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2018
- Leptotocinclus madeirae Delapieve, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2018
References
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hypoptopomatinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ Maria Laura S. Delapieve; Pablo César Lehmann Albornoz; Roberto Esser dos Reis (2018). "An appraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of Hypoptopomatini cascudinhos with description of two new genera and three new species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 15 (4) e170079. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20170079. hdl:10923/13426.
- ↑ Richard van der Laan; Ronald Fricke (eds.). "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Leptotocinclus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 April 2026.