Metadata

Isbrueckerichthys alipionis

(Gosline 1947) Derijst 1996

ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
SiluriformesLoricarioideiLoricariidae

Note

This is an isolated cave population of an otherwise epigean species. It was originally (Trajano et al. 2008) considered as a troglophilic popualtion, capable of living permanently in either epigean or hypogean environments. More recently Trajano (2021) has shown that the cave population is completey isolated from other populations of I. alipionis and is therefore effectively troglobitic, though it has not yet has sufficient time to evolve any troglomorphic features. Isolation is due to evolution of the karst basin in which the fish is found such that the streamway is now not connected to to other stream segments due to downcutting.  

Synonyms

Pareiorhaphis alipionis  Gosline 1947

Country

Brazil

Types

This population is not yet recognised as a separate taxon, though it probably should be, and there are currently no types.

Distribution

Known only from the "type locality": Santana Cave, Alto Ribeira karst area, Iporanga, Sao Paulo State, Brazil.

Habitat

An upper level vadose tributary which is isolated by vertical waterfalls from downstream passages.

Systematics

Should probably be considered as a taxon separate from epigean I. alipionis. In the subfamily Neoplecostominae.

Conservation Status

TLO [NE]

Museum Holdings

None known.

Internet Resources

Fishbase account

Key References

Gosline, W.A. Journal Article 1947 Contibutions to the classification of the loicariid catfishes
Karmann, I. Thesis 1994 Evolução e Dinâmica Atual do Sistema Cárstico do Alto Vale do Rio Ribeira de Iguape, Sudeste do Estado de São Paulo
Derijst, E. Journal Article 1996 Notes on the type species of the mailed catfish genus Pareiorhaphis Miranda-Ribeiro 1918 (Pisces: Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with the introduction of Isbrueckichthys nom. nov.
Trajano, E., Secutti, S., Pereira, E.H.L. and Reis, R. E. Journal Article 2008 A cave population of Isbrueckerichthys alipionis (Gosline, 1947) in the Upper Ribeira karst area, southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
Roxo, F.F., Zawadzki, C.H., Guilherme, J., Silva, D.C., Chiachio, M.C., Foresti, F., and Oliveira, C. Journal Article 2012 Molecular systematics of the armored neotropical catfish subfamily Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
Pereira, H.L. and Reis, R.E. Journal Article 2017 Morphology-based phylogeny of the suckermouth armored catfishes, with emphasis on the Neoplecostominae (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
Trajano, E. Journal Article 2021 Diversity of Brazilian troglobitic fishes: Models of colonization and differentiation in subterranean habitats
Zepon, T. and Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2024 The role of turnover in structuring subterranean aquatic communities in Southeastern Brazil