Biology:Otocinclus flexilis
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Short description: Species of catfish
| Otocinclus flexilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Otocinclus |
| Species: | O. flexilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Otocinclus flexilis Cope, 1894
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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
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Otocinclus flexilis". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=640028#null.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds (2021). "Otocinclus flexilis". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/otocinclus-flexilis.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q6410481 entry
