poly = many, odon = teeth
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
37.3 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
 
5 soft rays
(12 -) 14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
II / 7 (- 8) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
(12 -) 14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
II / 7 (- 8) 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
- Calegari, B.B.; Lehmann, P.A. & Reis, R.E., 2013 "Two new species of cascudinhos of the genus Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Paraná basin, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3619 No. 2, P. 130)
- Lippert, B.G., Calegari, B.B. & Reis, R.E., 2014 "A New Species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from Eastern Brazil" (Copeia, No. 2, P. 243)
- Fernandes, C.A.F.; Bailly, D.; Sant'Ana, D.R.A. & Alves D.S., 2016 "First cytogenetic record for a species of Otothyropsis Ribeiro, Carvalho & Melo, 2005 (Loricariidae, Hypoptopomatinae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 14 No. 1)
- Calegari, B.B.; Morlis, W.G. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "A new species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Río Paraná basin, Paraguay, with a discussion of the limits between Otothyropsis and Hisonotus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4244, No. 2, P. 244)
- Ota, R.R.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Graça, W.J. da & Pavanelli, C.S., 2018 "Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 2, P. 81)
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