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Otothyropsis polyodon is a species of armored catfish found in the tributaries of the Rio Verde which is a tributary to the upper Rio Paraná basin in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This species reaches a length of 3.7 cm (1.5 in).[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Otothyropsis |
| Species: | O. polyodon
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| Binomial name | |
| Otothyropsis polyodon | |
Etymology
editPoly means many; odon means tooth, referring to higher number of teeth compared to other species in this genus.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Otothyropsis polyodon".
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- Calegari, B.B., P. Lehmann A. and R.E. Reis, 2013. Two new species of cascudinhos of the genus Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Paraná basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 3619(2):130-144.
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