Biology:Otocinclus mura

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Short description: Species of fish

Otocinclus mura
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Otocinclus
Species:
O. mura
Binomial name
Otocinclus mura
Schaefer, 1997[2]

Otocinclus mura[3] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known only from the Amazon River basin in Brazil .[1][4][5] It is a small loricariid, although it is not particularly small when compared with other Otocinclus species, reaching 3.6 cm (1.4 inches) SL.[4] While it is known to appear in the aquarium trade, it does not have a widely used common name.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). (2022). "Otocinclus mura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T140552994A140553002. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/140552994/140553002. Retrieved 14 October 2023. 
  2. Schaefer, Scott A. (1997). "The Neotropical cascudinhos: Systematics and biogeography of the Otocinclus catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 148: 1–120. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4065046. 
  3. ITIS
  4. 4.0 4.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Otocinclus mura" in FishBase. June 2023 version.
  5. "Otocinclus mura Schaefer, 1997". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2340472. 
  6. "Otocinclus mura • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog" (in en-gb). https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=684. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2919687 entry