Parotocinclus haroldoi

Parotocinclus haroldoi[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known from the state of Piauí in Brazil, with a 2020 redescription defining its range as the Parnaíba River basin.[2] The species reaches 3.5 cm (1.4 inches) SL.[3]

Parotocinclus haroldoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Parotocinclus
Species:
P. haroldoi
Binomial name
Parotocinclus haroldoi
Garavello, 1988

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Heraldo A. Britski of the Universidade de São Paulo, who loaned Garavello the type specimens, and revised Garavello’s manuscript, and contributed many ideas for the manuscripts improvement.[4]

References

  1. "ITIS - Report: Parotocinclus haroldoi". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  2. Ramos, Telton Pedro Anselmo et al. “Redescription of Parotocinclus haroldoi Garavello, 1988 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), Northeastern Brazil.” Zootaxa vol. 4751,2 zootaxa.4751.2.7. 17 Mar. 2020, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4751.2.7
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Parotocinclus haroldoi". FishBase.
  4. 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 23 April 2022.


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