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Isbrueckerichthys
Sign in to saveIsbrueckerichthys is a genus of armored catfishes which are endemic to Brazil.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
Habitatfreshwater
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- Neoplecostominae
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Isbrueckerichthys is a genus of armored catfishes which are endemic to Brazil.
==Taxonomy== Isbrueckerichthys was erected in 1996 for Pareiorhaphis duseni and Pareiorhaphis alipionis, which were transferred to the new genus. I. epakmos was described in 2003. I. calvus and I. saxicola were described in 2006.
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