(c) Diogo Luiz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Diogo Luiz · cc-by
Parotocinclus
Sign in to saveParotocinclus is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America. This genus is distributed through almost all hydrographic systems in South America from the Guyana Shield drainages and Amazon Shield tributaries to the coastal drainages of eastern and southeastern Brazil, including the rio São Francisco basin. Most species have the caudal peduncle oval in cross section.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 158
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Collections
- ANSP, AUM, USNM, UMMZ
- Recorded in
- BocaiúVa, Atures, Argentina, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Suriname
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Ecology
- Taxonomy
- Species
- References
Parotocinclus is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America. This genus is distributed through almost all hydrographic systems in South America from the Guyana Shield drainages and Amazon Shield tributaries to the coastal drainages of eastern and southeastern Brazil, including the rio São Francisco basin. Most species have the caudal peduncle oval in cross section.
== Ecology == It has been found that Characidium fish species may interact with P. maculicauda. The small Characidium will follow grazing P. maculicauda, which release particulate matter dislodged from the catfish's foraging.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parotocinclus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.