Otothyropsis polyodon
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Otothyropsis polyodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Otothyropsis |
Species: | O. polyodon
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Binomial name | |
Otothyropsis polyodon , & Reis, 2013
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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]
Etymology[]
Poly means many; odon means tooth, referring to higher number of teeth compared to other species in this genus.[2]
References[]
- ^ "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.
Categories:
- Otothyrinae
- Catfish of South America
- Fish of Brazil
- Endemic fauna of Brazil
- Taxa named by Bárbara Borges Calegari
- Taxa named by Pablo Cesar Lehmann-Albornoz
- Taxa named by Roberto Esser dos Reis
- Fish described in 2013
- Loricariidae stubs