A new species of the Neoplecostomine catfish Pareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Coastal basins of Espírito Santo, Eastern Brazil Author Pereira, Edson H. L. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Av. Ipiranga 6681, 90619 - 900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil ehlpereira@gmail.com Author A., Pablo Lehmann Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Laboratório de Ictiologia, Av. Unisinos 950, 93022 - 000 São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil. pablole@unisinos.br Author Reis, Roberto E. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Av. Ipiranga 6681, 90619 - 900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil reis@pucrs.br text Neotropical Ichthyology 2012 2012-09-30 10 3 539 546 http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252012000300006&lng=en&tlng=en journal article 313991 10.1590/S1679-62252012000300006 634bba7d-6a11-471a-8ebe-203fb8892147 1982-0224 10660365

Table 1. Morphometric and meristic data of Pareiorhaphis ruschii. Values are given as percents of standard length or head length. H = holotype, n = number of specimens, and SD = Standard Deviation.

	H	n	Low	High	Mean	SD
Standard Length (mm)	84.8	30	51.7	96.7	66.4	-
Percent of Standard Length
Head length	34.4	30	31.8	35.2	33.3	0.84
Predorsal length	44.5	30	42.7	45.7	44.3	0.75
Postdorsal length	41.9	30	38.4	41.9	40.4	0.91
Preanal length	67.1	30	64.2	82.7	67.1	3.22
Preadipose length	82.2	30	80.4	84.8	81.8	1.06
Dorsal-fin spine length	23.6	30	20.9	24.6	22.2	0.96
Anal-fin spine length	16.0	30	13.6	17.5	15.5	0.83
Pectoral-fin spine length	21.3	30	18.9	23.0	20.7	1.04
Ventral-fin spine length	26.3	30	21.8	26.4	23.6	1.23
Upper caudal-fin ray	23.3	28	23.3	27.8	25.1	1.06
Lower caudal-fin ray	25.2	28	24.8	28.5	26.5	0.94
Adipose-fin spine length	7.8	28	5.8	8.5	7.6	0.68
Adipose to caudal fin distance	18.7	30	15.5	20.0	18.2	0.96
Trunk length	16.0	30	15.0	17.8	16.7	0.68
Abdominal length	25.8	30	25.7	28.7	27.0	0.91
Cleithral width	28.6	30	27.6	30.8	28.9	0.72
Body depth at dorsal-fin origin	21.7	30	18.1	22.8	20.3	1.09
Body width at dorsal-fin origin	23.0	30	19.7	24.7	22.0	1.41
Body width at anal-fin origin	13.1	30	13.1	16.4	15.0	0.79
Caudal peduncle length	32.9	30	30.2	35.0	33.2	1.17
Caudal peduncle depth	9.5	30	8.9	10.6	10.0	0.44
Caudal peduncle width	5.3	30	4.3	6.2	5.5	0.40
Percent of Head Length
Snout length	61.7	30	58.4	64.9	61.3	1.55
Orbital diameter	13.6	30	12.2	16.1	14.6	0.90
Interorbital width	26.1	30	26.1	31.5	28.9	1.25
Head depth	55.4	30	40.5	59.4	54.7	3.32
Mandibular ramus	20.5	30	19.7	22.2	20.9	0.64
Meristics
Premaxillary teeth left	56.0	29	47	72	57.3	6.47
Premaxillary teeth right	58.0	27	49	67	57.7	5.35
Dentary teeth left	57.0	26	44	71	57.0	5.94
Dentary teeth right	58.0	27	45	70	56.2	6.60
Plates in median lateral series left	27.0	27	25	28	26.3	0.76
Plates in median lateral series right	26.0	27	25	28	26.2	0.85
Plates at dorsal-fin base	6.0	30	6	7	6.0	0.18
Plates between dorsal and adipose	8.0	30	7	8	7.7	0.47
Plates between adipose and caudal	3.0	30	2	4	3.4	0.62
Plates at anal-fin base	3.0	30	2	3	2.8	0.38
Plates between anal and caudal	10.0	30	10	12	11.1	0.52
Pre-adipose azygous plates	7.0	29	6	10	7.5	1.09