Baryancistrus micropunctatus de Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019

Open encyclopedia reference

Baryancistrus micropunctatus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jari River basin. The species was described in 2019 by Renildo Ribeiro de Oliveira, Lúcia Rapp Py-Daniel, and Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa alongside the species Baryancistrus hadrostomus on the basis of coloration and other characteristics. Its color pattern is noted to be similar to that of its congener Baryancistrus longipinnis, which occurs in the Tocantins River basin.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Baryancistrus micropunctatus de Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019

Name authority

de Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Loricariidae

Genus

Baryancistrus

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.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. gigaclassActinopterygii
8. superclassActinopteri
9. classTeleostei
10. orderSiluriformes
11. familyLoricariidae Rafinesque, 1815
12. subfamilyHypostominae Kner, 1853
13. tribeSpectracanthicini Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989
14. genusBaryancistrus Rapp Py-Daniel, 1989
15. speciesBaryancistrus micropunctatus de Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Baryancistrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 823 records assigned to Loricariidae.

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.

1. De Oliveira, R. R., Py-Daniel, L. R., & Oyakawa, O. T. (2019). Two New Species of the Armored Catfish Genus Baryancistrus Rapp Py-Daniel, 1989 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Jari River, Amazon Basin, Brazil. Copeia, 107. https://doi.org/10.1643/ci-19-201 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:D5G93. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.