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)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 267)
- Malabarba, L.R., 1989 "Histórico sistemático e lista comentada das espécies de peixes de ägua doce do sistema da Laguna dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil" (Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRS, Vol. 2 No. 8, P. 150)
- Schaefer. S.A., 1991 "Phylogenetic analysis of the loricariid subfamily Hypoptopomatinae (Pisces: Siluroidei: Loricariidae), with comments on generic diagnoses and geographic distribution" (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 102 No. 1, P. 6)
- Aquino, A.E., 1994 "Secondary sexual dimorphism of the dermal skeleton in two species of the Hypoptopomatine genus Otocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (abstract) (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 5 No. 3, P. 218)
- Aquino, A.E., 1996 "Redescripción de Otocinclus flexilis Cope, 1894 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Hypoptopomatinae) con un nuevo sinónimo" (Iheringia, No. 81, P. 13)
- Schaefer, S.A., 1997 "The Neotropical cascudinhos: Systematics and biogeography of the Otocinclus catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 148, P. 49)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H.; Seidel, I.; Michels, J.P., Schraml, R. & Werner,A., 2001 "Diagnose vierzehn neuer Gattungen der Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Teleostei, Ostariophysi)" (DATZ Sonderheft Harnischwelse 2, 2, P. 20)
- Britto, M.R. de; Lima F.C.T. & Moreira, C.R., 2002 "Aspidoras velites, a new catfish from the upper Rio Araguaia Basin, Brazil (Teleostei : Siluriformes : Callichthyidae)" (Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 115, P. 735)
- 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)
- Axenrot, T.E. & Kullander, S.O., 2003 "Corydoras diphyes (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) and Otocinclus mimulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), two new species of catfishes from Paraguay, a case of minetic association" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 14 No. 3, P. 256)
- 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., 2006 "Otocinclus flexilis is not a species from Argentina"
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 271)
- 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"
- PCF
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