Pareiorhina carrancas

Pareiorhina carrancas
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Neoplecostominae
Genus:	Pareiorhina
Species:	P. carrancas
Binomial name
	Pareiorhina carrancas; Bockmann & A. C. Ribeiro, 2003[1]

Pareiorhina carrancas is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil. It was discovered in the Debaixo da Serra, a headwater stream with clear, cold and moderate to fast flowing water of the Rio Grande basin in the State of Minas Gerais of southeastern Brazil.[1] This species grows to a length of 4.12 centimetres (1.62 in) SL.

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Pareiorhina carrancas" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

Bockmann, Flávio A.; Ribeiro, Alexandre C. (October 2003). "Description of a new suckermouth armored catfish of the genus Pareiorhina (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from southeastern Brazil". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 14 (3): 231–242.

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[Bockmann-1] Bockmann, Flávio A.; Ribeiro, Alexandre C. (October 2003). "Description of a new suckermouth armored catfish of the genus Pareiorhina (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from southeastern Brazil". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 14 (3): 231–242.