Pareiorhaphis vestigipinnis (Pereira & Reis 1992)

Absence of adipose fin; cleithral width 27.3-31.7% SL; presence of normally developed dermal plates on the dorsal surface of body; nuptial males with few and delicate hypertrophied odontodes on the lateral margin of head, usually hidden by extensive soft fleshy lobes (Ref. 42856).

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analsoft rays: 6

Pareiorhaphis vestigipinnis is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Canoas River basin in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil. The species reaches 9.8 cm (3.9 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.