Parotocinclus spilurus

Fowler, 1941
Parotocinclus spilurus
spilos (gr.) = patch + oura (gr.) = tail
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Tribe
Synonyms
Plecostomus silurus
endangered
Length (total)
approx.  6 cm
Standard length (documented)
46.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C

Ceará

Brazil

riacho de Umari ⇒ rio Salgado → rio Jaguaribe → Atlantic NE

[ -6.405,-38.867 ]
Map to Parotocinclus spilurus
Flow
normal
Substrate
gravel, rocks
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
 
 
 
absent
5 soft rays
14 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
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
  • Lacerda, M.T.C. & Evers, H.-G., 1996 "Parotocinclus-Arten aus Brasilien" (DATZ) P. 88
  • Britski, H. A. & Garavello, J.C., 2002 "Parotocinclus jumbo, a new species of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae from northeastern Brazil (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 286
  • 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
Pic. 2: Parotocinclus spilurus
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