Otothyropsis alicula
Appearance
Otothyropsis alicula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Otothyropsis |
Species: | O. alicula
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Binomial name | |
Otothyropsis alicula Lippert, Calegari & R. E. dos Reis, 2014
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Otothyropsis alicula[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Santo Antônio River, a tributary of the Sapucaí River, which is itself a tributary of the Rio Grande and part of Brazil's Paraná River basin. The species reaches 3.6 cm (1.4 inches) SL[2] and was described in 2014 by Beatriz G. Lippert, Bárbara B. Calegari, and Roberto E. Reis on the basis of morphology and coloration.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Otothyropsis alicula". FishBase.
- ^ Lippert, B.G., Calegari, B.B., & Reis, R.E. (2014). A New Species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from Eastern Brazil. Copeia, 2014, 238 - 244.
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