Parotocinclus planicauda is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Suaçuí Pequeno River in Brazil. The species reaches 4.3 cm (1.7 inches) SL.[1] It can reportedly be distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a caudal peduncle with an almost quadrangular cross-section.[2]
Parotocinclus planicauda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Parotocinclus |
Species: | P. planicauda
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Binomial name | |
Parotocinclus planicauda Garavello & Britski, 2003
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Parotocinclus planicauda". FishBase.
- ^ Garavello, J. C., & Britski, H. A. (2003). Parotocinclus planicauda, a new species of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae from southeastern Brazil (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae). Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia, 63(2), 253–260. doi:10.1590/s1519-69842003000200010