Biology:Otocinclus batmani
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Short description: Species of fish
| Otocinclus batmani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Otocinclus |
| Species: | O. batmani
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| Binomial name | |
| Otocinclus batmani Lehmann A., 2006
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Otocinclus batmani is a species of armored catfish (Loricariidae) native to South America. It can grow up to 37 millimetres (1.5 in) (SL).[1]
It is named for the comic-book hero Batman, who had a bat shape for a symbol,[2] and has the pigmented mark on its caudal fin, which resembles Batman's chest symbol.[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Otocinclus batmani" in FishBase. September 2014 version.
- ↑ "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes3/.
- ↑ Otocinclus batmani, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia and Peru, by Pablo Lehmann A., in Neotropical Ichthyology, vol.4 no.4 Porto Alegre Oct./Dec. 2006
Wikidata ☰ Q3761659 entry
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