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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; schaeferi: Named for Scott A. Schaefer, American Museum of Natural History, for his remarkable contributions for the Hypoptopomatinae systematics.
Eponymy: Dr Scott A Schaefer joined the staff at AMNH (1996) and was Curator, Department of Ichthyology, Division of Vertebrate Zoology (2001–2008). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: known from the type locality, a stream tributary to rio Paranaíba drainage, upper rio Paraná system in Goiás State, Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86681)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 32. Diagnosed from its congeners by the following characters: presence of premaxillary and dentary accessory teeth (vs. absence); shallower caudal peduncle (7.7-8.7% in SL vs. 9.0-10.8% in Rhinolekos britskii and 10.2-13.0% in Rhinolekos garavelloi); 18-20 mid-dorsal plates (vs. 21-24 in Rhinolekos britskii and 23-27 in Rhinolekos garavelloi). Can be further distinguished from Rhinolekos britskii by having transverse dark bands in pectoral-, pelvic- and anal-fin rays absent, (vs. present) 32 vertebrae (vs. 31), and anterior portion of the compound supraneuralfirst dorsal-fin proximal radial contacting the neural spine of the 10th vertebra (vs. 9th); and from Rhinolekos garavelloi by having 26-28 dorsal plates (vs. 30-35); 20-22 mid-ventral plates (vs. 24-28); larger postanal length (35.7-41.3% in SL vs. 29.0-34.6%); shorter thoracic length (13.7-17.6% in SL vs. 18.1-20.8%); and slender head, width 20.5-22.9% in SL (vs. 24.6-28.1%) (Ref. 86681).

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Oliveira Martins, F. de and F. Langeani, 2011. Rhinolekos, a new genus with three new species of Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from upper rio Paraná. Netrop. Ichthyol. 9(1):65-78. (Ref. 86681)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Near Threatened (NT) (B1b(iii)); Date assessed: 18 May 2022

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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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).

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

Rhinolekos schaeferi Martins & Langeani, 2011