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Species in the genus Spectracanthicus: [ 6 ] records


immaculatus, Spectracanthicus Chamon [C. C.] & Rapp Py-Daniel [L. H.] 2014:12, Figs. 9-10, 11b [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 33224] Pará, rio Tapajós, near Itaituba, approximately 4°16’46.56"S, 55°59’5.77"W, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 92797. Paratypes: MZUSP 92617 (11). •Valid as Spectracanthicus immaculatus Chamon & Rapp Py-Daniel 2014 -- (Chamon et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35755]). Current status: Valid as Spectracanthicus immaculatus Chamon & Rapp Py-Daniel 2014. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Rio Tapajós, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

javae, Spectracanthicus Chamon [C. C.], Pereira [T. N. A.], Mendonça [M. B.] & Akama [A.] 2018:[3], Figs. 1-4 [Journal of Fish Biology v. 92 (no. 2); ref. 35755] Rio Javaés, Ilha do Bananal, Pedral da Sambaíba, Pium, Tocantins, Brazil, 10° 00' 01"S, 50° 01'29"W. Holotype: MPEG 34993. Paratypes: INPA, MNRJ, MPEG, MZUSP, UNT. •Valid as Spectracanthicus javae Chamon, Pereira, Mendonça & Akama 2018. Current status: Valid as Spectracanthicus javae Chamon, Pereira, Mendonça & Akama 2018. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

murinus, Spectracanthicus Nijssen [H.] & Isbrücker [I. J. H.] 1987:94, Figs. 1-3 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 13 (no. 4) [for 1986]; ref. 5993] Poça de Pedra, Rio Tapajós, eastern Pará, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 22011. Paratypes: MZUSP 21849 (2), 24293 (2), 27663 (1); ZMA 107876-78 (1, 1, 2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:297 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Spectracanthicus murinus Nijssen & Isbrücker 1987 -- (Burgess 1989:445 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:32 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:29 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:395 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:297 [ref. 29155], Lujan et al. 2009:53 [ref. 30056], Chamon & Rapp Py-Daniel 2014:2 [ref. 33224], Chamon et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35755]). Current status: Valid as Spectracanthicus murinus Nijssen & Isbrücker 1987. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Tapajós River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

punctatissimus, Chaetostomus Steindachner [F.] 1881:119 [19], Pl. 3 (figs. 3-3a) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 43; ref. 14290] East shore of Rio Xingu, Pôrto de Mós, Pará State, Brazil, 1°45'S, 52°10'W. Holotype (unique): NMW 47206. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:274 [ref. 29155]. Original genus is correctly Chaetostoma. On p. 19 of separate. Type locality information: Isbrücker & Nijssen 1991:349 [ref. 19201]. •Valid as Parancistrus punctatissimus (Steindachner 1881) -- (Isbrücker 1980:58 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:435 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Oligancistrus punctatissimus (Steindachner 1881) -- (Rapp Py-Daniel 1989:239 [ref. 13470], Isbrücker & Nijssen 1991:349 [ref. 19201], Isbrücker 2001:26, 30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:23 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:390 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:274 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Spectracanthicus punctatissimus (Steindachner 1881) -- (Armbruster 2004:53 [ref. 27644] on generic placement, Lujan et al. 2009:53 [ref. 30056], Chamon & Papp Py-Daniel 2014:24 [ref. 33224], Chamon et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35755]). Current status: Valid as Spectracanthicus punctatissimus (Steindachner 1881). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Xingu River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

tocantinensis, Spectracanthicus Chamon [C. C.] & Rapp Py-Daniel [L. H.] 2014:17, Figs. 11c, 13 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 33224] Pará, Carreira Comprida, rio Itacaiunas, Tocantins drainage, 5°22’S,49°07’W, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 110989. Paratypes: From Tocantins drainage: INPA, FMNH, MNRJ, MZUSP. •Valid as Spectracanthicus tocantinensis Chamon & Rapp Py-Daniel 2014 -- (Chamon et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35755]). Current status: Valid as Spectracanthicus tocantinensis Chamon & Rapp Py-Daniel 2014. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

zuanoni, Spectracanthicus Chamon [C. C.] & Rapp Py-Daniel [L. H.] 2014:19, Figs. 14-15 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 33224] Ilha do Sr. Izaltino, rio Xingu, Altamira, Pará, Brazil, 3°16'21"S, 52°12'07"W. Holotype: INPA 25874. Paratypes: INPA, MZUSP. Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Spectracanthicus zuanoni Chamon & Rapp Py-Daniel 2014 -- (Chamon et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35755]). Current status: Valid as Spectracanthicus zuanoni Chamon & Rapp Py-Daniel 2014. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Rio Xingu basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.


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