| Microlepidogaster | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypoptopomatinae |
| Genus: | Microlepidogaster C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 18891 |
| Type species | |
| Microlepidogaster perforatus C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 18891
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Microlepidogaster is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:2
- Microlepidogaster arachas Martins, Calegari & Langeani, 2013 3
- Microlepidogaster dimorpha Martins & Langeani, 2011
- Microlepidogaster discontenta Calegari, E. V. Silva & R. E. dos Reis, 2014 4
- Microlepidogaster discus Martins, A. C. Rosa & Langeani, 2014 5
- Microlepidogaster longicolla Calegari & R. E. dos Reis, 2010
- Microlepidogaster negomata Martins, Cherobim, Andrade & Langeani, 2017
- Microlepidogaster perforata C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
- Microlepidogaster roseae Martins, 2022
References
References
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hypoptopomatinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Microlepidogaster". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- Martins F.O.; Calegari B.B.; Langeani F. (2013). "Microlepidogaster arachas, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3608 (5): 379–388. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3608.5.6. PMID 24614478. S2CID 393595.
- Calegari, B.B.; Silva, E.V. & Reis, R.E. (2014). "Microlepidogaster discontenta, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 25 (3): 213–221.
- Martins F.O.; Rosa A.C.; Langeani F. (2014). "Microlepidogaster discus, a new species of Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Jequitinhonha basin, southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 3873 (4): 560–570. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.696.1183. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3873.5.6. PMID 25544237.