Biology:Otothyris travassosi
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Short description: Species of fish
| Otothyris travassosi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Otothyris |
| Species: | O. travassosi
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| Binomial name | |
| Otothyris travassosi Garavello, Britski & Schaefer, 1998
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Otothyris travassosi is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil , where it occurs in the coastal streams of the southeast. This species grows to a length of 3.2 centimetres (1.3 in) SL.
The fish is named in honor of Haroldo P. Travassos (1922-1977) of the Museu Nacional of Brazil, for his contributions to Brazilian ichthyology and assistance with the authors’ studies of fish.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Otothyris travassosi" in FishBase. December 2011 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/.
Wikidata ☰ Q3757178 entry
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