Biology:Otothyropsis polyodon
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| Otothyropsis polyodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Otothyropsis |
| Species: | O. polyodon
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| Binomial name | |
| Otothyropsis polyodon Calegari, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2013
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Otothyropsis polyodon is a species of armored catfish found in the tributaries of the Rio Verde which is a tributary to the upper Rio Paraná basin in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This species reaches a length of 3.7 cm (1.5 in). [1]
Etymology
Poly means many; odon means tooth, referring to higher number of teeth compared to other species in this genus.[2]
References
- ↑ "Otothyropsis polyodon". https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Otothyropsis-polyodon.html.
- ↑ "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/.
- Calegari, B.B., P. Lehmann A. and R.E. Reis, 2013. Two new species of cascudinhos of the genus Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Paraná basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 3619(2):130-144.
Wikidata ☰ Q21324394 entry
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