Microlepidogaster perforatus

Microlepidogaster perforatus is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae. It is the only species of the monotypic genus Microlepidogaster.^[1]

Taxonomy

Microlepidogaster and M. perforatus were described in 1889 by Carl H. Eigenmann and Rosa Smith Eigenmann.^[1] Hisonotus has until recently, been considered as synonymous with Microlepidogaster, although they are now recognized as separate and valid taxa. All of the species other than M. perforatus previously referred to as Microlepidogaster have now been allocated to the genus Hisonotus.^[2]

M. bourguyi is a species inquirenda of the family Loricariidae.^[1]

Distribution

M. perforatus is distributed in the Carandaí River in the upper Paraná River basin of Brazil.^[1]

Description

M. perforatus grows to about 5.0 centimetres (2 in) SL.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
2. ^ Andreata, Artur Antonio; Oliveira, Claudio; Foresti, Fausto (2006). "Karyological characterization of four Neotropical fish species of the genus Hisonotus (Teleostei, Loricariidae, Hypoptopomatinae) from distinct Brazilian river basins" (PDF). Genet. Mol. Biol. 29 (1): 62–66. doi:10.1590/S1415-47572006000100013. ISSN 1415-4757. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/gmb/v29n1/28170.pdf. 
3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Microlepidogaster perforatus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.