Parotocinclus arandai
Parotocinclus arandai[1][2] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in tributaries of the Jucurucu River and the Buranhém River in Brazil. It is found in clear shallow waters with a depth of around 0.3 m (0.98 ft) and a substrate of sand or gravel. The species reaches 4.3 cm (1.7 inches) SL.[3]
| Parotocinclus arandai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Parotocinclus |
| Species: | P. arandai |
| Binomial name | |
| Parotocinclus arandai Sarmento-Soares, Lehmann A. & Martins-Pinheiro, 2009 | |
References
- Sarmento-Soares, Luisa & Lehmann A., Pablo & Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo. (2009). Parotocinclus arandai, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rios Jucuruçu and Buranhém, States of Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology. 7. 191-198. 10.1590/S1679-62252009000200009.
- "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Parotocinclus arandai". FishBase.
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