Otocinclus affinis
Steindachner, 1877
Synonyms
Golden Oto
Macrotocinclus affinis
Macrotocinclus affinis
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
49.9 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
18 - 22 °C
Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo
Brazil
río Uruguay ➙ río de la Plata ⇒ Atlantic SE
[ -22.912,-43.697 ]
Type of water
Clear water, White water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
Can breathe atmospheric
yes
from genus: W: größer, fülliger, weniger Odontoden am Schwanzstiel M: kleiner, zierlicher
unknown
absent
5 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
22/December/2011
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 P.334
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Ohrgitterwelse der Gattung Otocinclus"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1877 "Die Süßwasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien (IV)" (Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 76, P. 221)
- Britto, M.R. de; Moreira, C.R. & Schaefer, S.A., 2002 "Otocinclus tapirape: A New Hypoptopomatine Catfish from Central Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Copeia, Vol. 2002 No. 4, P. 1067)
- López, H.L.; Miquelarena,A.M. & Menni, R.C., 2003 "Lista comentada de los peces continentales de la Argentina" (ProBiota, Serie Técnica y Didáctica, No. 5, P. 44)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 79)
- Lehmann, P.A.; Mayer, F. & Reis, R.E., 2010 "Re-validation of Otocinclus arnoldi Regan and reappraisal of Otocinclus phylogeny (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 1)
- Delapieve, M.L.S.; Lehmann, P. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "An appraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of Hypoptopomatini cascudinhos with description of two new genera and three new species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 15 No. 4, P. 23)
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