Parotocinclus

Parotocinclus jumbo

Parotocinclus (Latin: "par" = equal Otocinclus ) is a genus of catfish family of armored catfish ( Loricariidae ) and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae. There are over 25 species that are common in the south-eastern Brazil, but also in the Amazon basin.

Features

Parotocinclus species are small, somewhat stocky armored catfish that reach body lengths of 3 to 6 cm and remember in their body shape, known from the Aquaristik genus Otocinclus. The hull is protected by three to five bone plate rows. Characteristic of the genus of imperforate Temporalschild is (background temporal bone ( perforated at Otocinclus ) ). An adipose fin is always present.

Species

To date, over 25 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 cearensis Garavello, 1977
• Parotocinclus cesarpintoi Miranda - Ribeiro, 1939
• Parotocinclus collinsae Schmidt & Ferraris, 1985
• Parotocinclus cristatus Garavello, 1977
• Parotocinclus doceanus ( Miranda - Ribeiro, 1918)
• Parotocinclus halbothi Lehmann et al., 2014
• Parotocinclus haroldoi Garavello, 1988
• Parotocinclus jequi Lehmann A., Brown, Pereira, Rice, 2013
• Parotocinclus jimi Garavello, 1977
• Parotocinclus jumbo Britski & Garavello, 2002
• Parotocinclus longirostris Garavello, 1988
• Parotocinclus maculicauda ( Steindachner, 1877)
• Parotocinclus minutus Garavello, 1977
• Parotocinclus muriaensis Gauger & Buckup, 2005
• Parotocinclus planicauda Britski & Garavello, 2003
• Parotocinclus prata Ribeiro, Melo & Pereira, 2002
• Parotocinclus robustus Lehmann A. & Rice, 2012
• Parotocinclus seridoensis Ramos et al., 2013
• Parotocinclus Spilosoma ( Fowler, 1941)
• Parotocinclus spilurus ( Fowler, 1941)