Description of a new species of Pareiorhaphis (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from the rio Jequitinhonha basin, Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Pereira, Edson H. L., Pessali, Tiago C., Andrade, Francisco de, Reis, Roberto E. (2017): Description of a new species of Pareiorhaphis (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from the rio Jequitinhonha basin, Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 15 (3), No. e 170007: 1-10, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170007, URL: dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20170007 A new species of the loricariid genus Pareiorhaphis is described based on specimens from several tributaries of the upper and middle rio Jequitinhonha basin, Minas Gerais State, eastern Brazil.

The new species increases the number of known species of Pareiorhaphis to 25 and, at the same time, represents the second member of the subfamily Neoplecostominae reported from the rio Jequitinhonha basin. The new species is diagnosed from all remaining congeners by a putative autapomorphic feature related to the color pattern: a well-defined, dark brown stripe on the median series of lateral plates that extends along the flank from the posterior margin of compound pterotic to the caudal-fin base.