A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Cherobim, Arieli Matheus, Lazzarotto, Henrique, Langeani, Francisco (2016): A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology (Neotrop. Ichthyol.) 14 (4), No. e 160015: 1-12, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20160015, URL: dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20160015 A new species of loricariid catfish is described from the rio Perequê-Açú and surrounding basins, Parati, Rio de Janeiro State.

The new species has the accessory process of ceratobranchial 1 more slender than the main body of the ceratobranchial, and a very large sesamoid ossification, markedly greater in size than the interhyal. Additionally, the new species presents a distinct dorsal color pattern consisting of a conspicuous horseshoe shaped light blotch with a central dark area posterior to the supraoccipital. Uma espécie nova de loricarídeo é descrita do rio Perequê-Açú e bacias circundantes, Parati, Rio de Janeiro.