Otocinclus flexilis
Cope, 1894
Synonyms
Cascudo
Limpiavidrios
Macrotocinclus flexilis
Otocinclus arnoldi
Otocinclus fimbriatus
Peppered Oto
Vieja del agua
Limpiavidrios
Macrotocinclus flexilis
Otocinclus arnoldi
Otocinclus fimbriatus
Peppered Oto
Vieja del agua
Length (total)
approx. 8 cm
Standard length (documented)
43.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
20 - 25 °C
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
5 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Not 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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 324
- Evers, Hans-Georg: "Erfolgreich nachgezogen: Otocinclus arnoldi"
(Amazonas Januar/Februar 2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Ohrgittersaugwelse Teil 2: Arten mit Zebramuster aus Südamerika"
(aquaristik 2/2017) - Seidel, Ingo: "Die Ohrgitterwelse der Gattung Otocinclus"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Cope, E.D., 1894 "On the Fishes obtained by the Naturalist Expedition in rio Grande do Sul" (Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held At Philadelphia fro Promoting useful Knowledge, Vol. 33, P. 97)
- Chiachio, M.C.; Olivera, C. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2008 "Molecular systematic and historical biogeography of the armored Neotropical catfishes Hypotopomatinae and Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (abstract) (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 49 No. 2, P. 610)
- 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)
- Mello, F.T. de; González-Bergonzoni, I. & Loureiro, M., 2011 "Peces de Agua Dulce del Uruguay"
- Corrêa, F.; de Oliveira, E.F.; Tuchtenhagen, T.; Pouey, J. & Piedras, S., 2015 "Ichthyofauna of the hydrographic basin of the Chasqueiro Stream (Mirim Lagoon system, southern Brazil): generating subsidies for conservation and management" (Biozs Nroztopica, Vol. 15 No. 4)
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
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