Farlowella gianetii is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Xingu River basin in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil. The species reaches at least 12.1 cm (4.8 inches) in standard length. It was described in 2016 by Gustavo A. Ballen (of the University of London), Murino N. L. Pastana (of the Smithsonian Institution), and Luiz Peixoto (of the University of São Paulo). Its specific name, gianetii, honors Dr. Michel Donato Gianeti, manager of the ichthyological collections of the University of São Paulo.[1] FishBase does not yet list this species.
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| Holotype specimen a) lateral, b) dorsal, and c) ventral views (scale bar: 1 cm) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Farlowella |
| Species: | F. gianetii
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| Farlowella gianetii Ballen, Pastana & Peixoto, 2016
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References
edit- ^ Ballen, Gustavo A.; Pastana, Murilo N. L.; Peixoto, Luiz A. W. (2016). "A new species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) of the F. nattereri species-group from the rio Xingu basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with comments on Farlowella jauruensis, a poorly-known species from the upper rio Paraguai basin". Neotropical Ichthyology. 14 (3). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20160046.
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