New distribution record for the threatened armoured suckermouth catfish Pareiorhaphis garbei (Ihering, 1911) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in São João river basin, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil

By

Maia, Gabriela Farias
Paiva, Roney Emanuel Costa De
Santos, Aline Barbosa Dos
Lazzarotto de Almeida, Henrique
Lima, Sergio Maia Queiroz

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013-10-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1113--1116

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/9.5.1113

 

Abstract

The present study records the first occurrence of the threatened armoured suckermouth catfish Pareiorhaphis garbei (Ihering, 1911) in São João river basin and also its presence in four conservation units in the coastal basins of Serra dos Órgãos mountains, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. In São João river basin, P. garbei was only captured in a single locality at 111 m a.s.l., consisting in the lower registered altitude for the species, previously found in high altitudes, usually above 800m.