first record from Uruguay:
Scleronema ibirapuita Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020
published in:
Ferrer, J. & L.R. Malabarba (2020):
Systematic revision of the Neotropical catfish genus Scleronema (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), with descriptions of six new species from Pampa grasslands.
Neotropical Ichthyology 18 (2): e190081
distribution (from publication):
Scleronema ibirapuita occurs in the rio Ibirapuitã basin, a tributary to the left bank of rio Ibicuí (Brazil), and in the río Arapey (Uruguay; see remarks); lower rio Uruguay basin
remarks (from publication):
Scleronema ibirapuita has only one record for the río Arapey basin collected in 1972, Uruguay (ZVC-P 5123; five specimens). Although these specimens have the diagnostic pattern of the laterosensory system for the species, they are listed herein as non-type specimens.