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Otothyropsis alicula

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Species of catfish

Otothyropsis alicula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Otothyropsis
Species: O. alicula
Binomial name
Otothyropsis alicula
Lippert, Calegari & R. E. dos Reis, 2014

Otothyropsis alicula is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Santo Antônio River, a tributary of the Sapucaí River, which is itself a tributary of the Rio Grande and part of Brazil's Paraná River basin. The species reaches 3.6 cm (1.4 inches) SL and was described in 2014 by Beatriz G. Lippert, Bárbara B. Calegari, and Roberto E. Reis on the basis of morphology and coloration.

References

  1. "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Otothyropsis alicula". FishBase.
  3. Lippert, B.G., Calegari, B.B., & Reis, R.E. (2014). A New Species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from Eastern Brazil. Copeia, 2014, 238 - 244.
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Otothyropsis alicula
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