Martins, Fernanda de Oliveira;Langeani, Francisco
Rhinolekos
Sign in to saveRhinolekos is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America. This genus is only known from the Tocantizinho River and Paranaiba River drainage in Goiás, Brazil.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hypoptopomatinae
- Image
- Rhinolekos capetinga live holotype.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Rhinolekos
- taxon name
- Rhinolekos
- taxon rank
- genus
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
Rhinolekos is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America. This genus is only known from the Tocantizinho River and Paranaiba River drainage in Goiás, Brazil.
==Species== There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: Rhinolekos britskii Martins, Langeani & Costa, 2011 Rhinolekos capetinga Roxo, L. E. Ochoa, G. S. C. Silva & C. de Oliveira, 2015 Rhinolekos garavelloi Martins & Langeani, 2011 Rhinolekos schaeferi Martins & Langeani, 2011
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhinolekos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.