Rhinolekos capetinga Roxo, Ochoa, Silva & Oliveira, 2015
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rhinolekos capetinga Roxo, Ochoa, Silva & Oliveira, 2015
- Name authority
- Roxo, Ochoa, Silva & Oliveira, 2015
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Rhinolekos
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyLoricariidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyHypoptopomatinae Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
- genusRhinolekos Martins & Langeani, 2011
- speciesRhinolekos capetinga Roxo, Ochoa, Silva & Oliveira, 2015
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rhinolekos. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rhinolekos garavelloi Martins & Langeani, 2011 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinolekos schaeferi Martins & Langeani, 2011 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinolekos britskii Martins, Langeani & Costa, 2011 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Roxo, F., Orrego, L., Silva, G. C., & Oliveira, C. (2015). Rhinolekos capetinga: a new cascudinho species (Loricariidae, Otothyrinae) from the rio Tocantins basin and comments on it ancestral dispersal route. ZooKeys, 481: 109–130. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.481.8755.figure3 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4S94C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.