identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
D37A4C69FFBC1D4DFEE654E21EAC9976.text	D37A4C69FFBC1D4DFEE654E21EAC9976.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1888	<div><p>Key to species of Neoplecostomus</p> <p>1a. Enlarged, fleshy folds between dentaries in all specimens, more evident in mature males..................... N. doceensis</p> <p>1b. Absence of the enlarged fleshy folds............................. 2</p> <p>2a. Lateronasal plate absent............................................... 3</p> <p>2b. Lateronasal plate present, between nare and infraorbital 2 or posteriorly........................................................... 10</p> <p>3a. Adipose fin absent or poorly developed....................... 4</p> <p>3b. Adipose fin present and well developed....................... 5</p> <p>4a. Conspicuous dark spots all over the body; head depth 55.6-63.9% of head length........................... N. botucatu</p> <p>4b. Conspicuous dark spots all over the body absent; head depth 44.4-55.4% of head length............. N. paranensis</p> <p>5a. Moderate keels along each plate of lateral series, more evident in mature males; first plates in the mid-ventral series shorter than the area between them.................................................................................. N. bandeirante</p> <p>5b. Characters above absent............................................... 6</p> <p>6a. Mature males with enlarged odontodes and distinct swollen skin along lateral margins of snout................. 7</p> <p>6b. Mature males without enlarged odontodes and distinct swollen skin along lateral margins of snout................. 8</p> <p>7a. Ridge of swollen skin and enlarged odontodes in front of eyes in mature males; 17-24 teeth in premaxilla and 15-24 teeth in dentary..................................... N. selenae</p> <p>7b. Ridge of swollen skin and enlarged odontodes in front of eyes in mature males absent; 10-15 teeth in premaxilla and 8-12 teeth in dentary.................................... N. yapo</p> <p>8a. Azygous preadipose plate present; cleithral width 19-23% of standard length; 5-13 teeth in dentary............ N. microps</p> <p>8b. Azygous preadipose plate absent; cleithral width 25-30% of standard length; 10-39 teeth in dentary.................... 9</p> <p>9a. Orbital diameter 8.3-11.4% of head length; 7-9 plates between the adipose fin and caudal fin......... N. langeanii</p> <p>9b. Orbital diameter 12.2-13.0% of head length; 4-6 plates between the adipose fin and caudal fin........ N. corumba</p> <p>10a. Spinelet absent or weakly developed, usually narrower than dorsal-fin unbranched thick ray; canal plate divided in three smaller plates................................ N. ribeirensis</p> <p>10b. Spinelet present and always wider than dorsal-fin unbranched thick ray; canal plate simple, not divided......11</p> <p>11a. Lateral-line plates 34-43; 10-13 plates between the adipose fin and caudal fin............................ N. granosus</p> <p>11b. Lateral-line plates 27-33; 4-9 plates between the adipose fin and caudal fin........................................................ 12</p> <p>12a. Head length 26.2-26.8% of SL; head width 96.7-97.0% of head length............................................ N. variipictus</p> <p>12b. Head length 28.0-34.5 of SL; head width 77.0-92.0% of head length................................................................. 13</p> <p>13a. Thoracic length 10.0-13.0% of SL...... N. franciscoensis</p> <p>13b. Thoracic length 13.2-17.6% of SL........................... 14</p> <p>14a. Premaxillary and dentary teeth more numerous in females than males, respectively 30-39 (vs. 14-20) and 30-38 (vs. 13-18); cleithral width 25.2-28.7% of SL; orbital diameter 9.5-11.4% of length of the head........................ N. jaguari</p> <p>14b. Premaxillary and dentary teeth number equivalent for males and females, respectively 15-35 and 19-38; cleithral width 19-21% of SL; orbital diameter 6-9% of head length............................. N. espiritosantensis</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D37A4C69FFBC1D4DFEE654E21EAC9976	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Andrade, Breno Neves;Langeani, Francisco	Andrade, Breno Neves, Langeani, Francisco (2014): A new species of Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from the upper rio Paraná basin. Neotropical Ichthyology (Neotrop. Ichthyol.) 12 (4): 675-681, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20130195, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20130195
