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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Rhinolekos: Name from the Greek 'rhinos' for nose, nostril and 'lekos' for plate, referring to presence of the lateronasal plate; capetinga: The specific name is taken from the Tupi-guarani dialect in reference to the old and unused name of São João D´Aliança municipality. The name 'capetinga" refers to white, or clear water. A noun in apposition.

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Córrego da Branca and córrego Roncador, rio Tocantins basin in Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 99822)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 31.

Occurs on flat areas of the córrego da Branca and córrego Roncador, rio Tocantins basin, in areas with shallow clear waters, about 1 m depth and median to fast current flow. Found in association with the vegetation that covers the bottom and the border of the headwaters (Ref. 99822).

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Roxo, F., L. Orrego, G.C. Silva and C. Oliveira, 2015. Rhinolekos capetinga: a new cascudinho species (Loricariidae, Otothyrinae) from the rio Tocantins basin and comments on it ancestral dispersal route. Zookeys 481:109-130. (Ref. 99822)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Near Threatened (NT) (B1b(iii)+2b(iii)); Date assessed: 22 December 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00374 - 0.01935), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Rhinolekos capetinga Roxo, Ochoa, Silva & Oliveira, 2015