| Gymnotocinclus anosteos | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypoptopomatinae |
| Genus: | Gymnotocinclus Carvalho, Lehmann & Reis, 2008 |
| Species: | G. anoesteos |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnotocinclus anosteos Carvalho, Lehmann & Reis, 2008 |
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Gymnotocinclus anosteos is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae. It is the only species in the genus Gymnotocinclus.[1]
G. anosteos originates from the upper Tocantins River basin in central Brazil.[1]
This species is unusual among the loricariidae due to its extremely reduced armor plates that are characteristic of the family, giving the fish a relatively naked body.[1] This fish probably has a basal position in the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae.[1]