Rhinotocinclus polyochrus
Schaefer, 1988
poly = many, ochros = pale yellow, in reference to the distinctive pattern on the head and occiput
Synonyms
Parotocinclus polyochrus
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
26.4 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
~120 m
Type of water
Black water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Schaefer, S. A. & Provenzano, F., 1993 "The Guyana Shield Parotocinclus: systematics, biogeography, and description of a new Venezuelan species (Siluroidei: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 51
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 327
- Schaefer, S.A., 1988 "A New Species of the Loricariid Genus Parotocinclus from Southern Venezuela (Pisces: Siluroidei)" (Copeia, Vol. 1988 No. 1, P. 182)
- Ribeiro, A.C.; de A. Melo, A.L. & Pereira, E.H.L., 2002 "A new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, southeastern Brazil" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 13, P. 223)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 283)
- Lehmann, P.A. & Reis, R.E., 2012 "A new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio São Francisco, Brazil" (Zootaxa, No. 3390, P. 62)
- Lehmann, P.A.; Schvambach, L.J. & Reis, R.E., 2015 "A new species of the armored catfish Parotocinclus (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Amazon basin in Colombia" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 13 No. 1, P. 48)
- Roxo, F.F.; Costa, G.S.da & Oliveira, C., 2016 "Description of a new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes, Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Tapajós basin" (ZooKeys 634: 125–136 (2016), P. 131)
- Reis, R.E. & Lehmann, P.A., 2022 "A new genus of armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Greater Amazon, with a review of the species and description of five new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, 20 No. 2)
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