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Scleromystax reisi is a species of catfish of the family Callichthyidae. Its distribution is in the streams of tributaries of the rio Jacuí and rio Camaquã of the laguna dos Patos drainage, of the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.[1]

Scleromystax reisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Callichthyidae
Genus:	Scleromystax
Species:	S. reisi
Binomial name
Scleromystax reisi M. R. Britto, Fukakusa & L. R. Malabarba, 2016

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Roberto E. Reis of the Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, because of his many contributions to neotropical ichthyology, and the studies of callichthyid fishes.[2]

References

• | Introducing a New Catfish, Scleromystax reisi

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