Otocinclus arnoldi

Otocinclus arnoldi is a species of armoured catfish native to South America, where it occurs in the lower río Paraná drainage, in the lower and middle rio Uruguai and in the río de La Plata. This species reaches a maximum length of 4.8 centimetres (1.9 in) (SL).[1]

Otocinclus arnoldi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Otocinclus
Species:
O. arnoldi
Binomial name
Otocinclus arnoldi
Regan, 1909

Named in honor of German aquarist Johann Paul Arnold (1869–1952), who "presented" type specimen to the British Museum.[2]


References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Otocinclus arnoldi" in FishBase. September 2014 version.
  2. 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 22 February 2021.


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