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Parotocinclus ( Latin : "par" = equal + Otocinclus ) is a genus from the catfish family of armor catfish (Loricariidae) and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae . There are around 30 species that are found mainly in southeastern Brazil , but also in the Amazon basin . The eight Parotocinclus species from the Amazon basin, the Orinoco basin and the Guianas are not particularly closely related to those from southeastern Brazil. Since Parotocinclus maculicauda , the type species of the genus, occurs in southeastern Brazil,a new genus name has to be introducedfor the Amazonian Parotocinclus species.
features
Parotocinclus species are small, somewhat stocky armored catfish that reach body lengths of 3 to 6 cm and are reminiscent of the Otocinclus genus known from the aquarium hobby . The trunk is protected by three to five rows of bone plates. Characteristic of the genus is the imperforate temporal shield (posterior temple bone (perforated in Otocinclus )). An adipose fin is always present.
species
To date, around 30 valid species have been described:
- Parotocinclus amazonensis Garavello, 1977
- Parotocinclus arandai Sarmento-Soares, Lehmann A. & Martins-Pinheiro, 2009
- Parotocinclus aripuanensis Garavello, 1988
- Parotocinclus bahiensis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
- Parotocinclus bidentatus Gauger & Buckup, 2005
- Parotocinclus britskii Boeseman, 1974
- Parotocinclus cabessadecuia Ramos et al., 2017
- Parotocinclus cearensis Garavello, 1977
- Parotocinclus cesarpintoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1939
- Parotocinclus collinsae Schmidt & Ferraris, 1985
- Parotocinclus cristatus Garavello, 1977
- Parotocinclus dani Roxo et al., 2016
- Parotocinclus doceanus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
- Parotocinclus eppleyi Schaefer & Provenzano, 1993
- Parotocinclus fluminense Roxo et al., 2017
- Parotocinclus Halbothi Lehmann et al., 2014
- Parotocinclus haroldoi Garavello, 1988
- Parotocinclus jequi Lehmann A., Braun, Pereira, Reis, 2013
- Parotocinclus jimi Garavello, 1977
- Parotocinclus jumbo Britski & Garavello, 2002
- Parotocinclus longirostris Garavello, 1988
- Parotocinclus maculicauda (Steindachner, 1877) , type species
- Parotocinclus minutus Garavello, 1977
- Parotocinclus muriaensis Gauger & Buckup, 2005
- Parotocinclus planicauda Britski & Garavello, 2003
- Parotocinclus polyochrus Schaefer, 1988
- Parotocinclus prata Ribeiro, Melo & Pereira, 2002
- Parotocinclus robustus Lehmann A. & Reis, 2012
- Parotocinclus seridoensis Ramos et al., 2013
- Parotocinclus spilosoma (Fowler, 1941)
- Parotocinclus spilurus (Fowler, 1941)
- Parotocinclus variola Lehmann et al., 2015
- Parotocinclus yaka Lehmann et al., 2018
literature
- Hans-Jochim Franke: Handbook of Welskunde. Urania-Verlag, 1985.
- Axel Zarske: Parotocinclus. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 755.
supporting documents
- ↑ Peter van der Sleen & James S. Albert: Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guiana. Princeton Field Guides, University Press Group, 2017, ISBN 978-0691170749 , 258.
Web links
- Parotocinclus on Fishbase.org (English)