Pseudolithoxus tigris is a species of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the upper Orinoco and Ventuari River basins. This species grows to a length of 9.4 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.
Pseudolithoxus tigris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Pseudolithoxus |
Species: | P. tigris
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Binomial name | |
Pseudolithoxus tigris (Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000)
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P. tigris probably matures at a relatively small size; in a specimen about 5 cm (2 in) SL, the snout and pectoral-fin spine odontodes are already greatly elongated, while the odontodes are only beginning to develop in similarly sized specimens of other species.[1]
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudolithoxus tigris". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Armbruster, Jonathan W.; Provenzano, Francisco (November 2000). "Four New Species of the suckermouth armored catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae)" (PDF). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 11 (3): 241–254.