Biology:Otocinclus flexilis

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Short description: Species of catfish

Otocinclus flexilis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Otocinclus
Species:
O. flexilis
Binomial name
Otocinclus flexilis
Cope, 1894

Otocinclus flexilis,[1] known in the aquarium trade as the peppered otocinclus, is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known from the Lagoa Dos Patos drainage basin in Brazil . The species reaches 6.8 cm (2.7 inches) in total length.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6410481 entry