spilos (gr.) = patch + oura (gr.) = tail
Synonyms
Plecostomus silurus
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
46.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
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
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
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
- Fowler, Henry W., 1941 "A Collection of Fresh-Water Fishes obtained in Eastern Brazil By Dr. Rudolpho Von Ihering" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 93, P. 148)
- 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)
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Barros-Neto, L.F.; Britski, H.A. & Lima S.M.Q., 2013 "Parotocinclus seridoensis, a new hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Piranhas-Açu basin, northeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 11 No. 4, P. 788)
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Lehmann, P.; Barros-Neto, L.F. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2016 "Redescription of the endangered hypoptopomatine catfish Parotocinclus spilurus (Fowler, 1941) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Jaguaribe basin, northeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 14 No. 1)
- Ramos, Andreza S.& Lima, S.M.Q. & da Costa Ramos, R.T., 2017 "A new species of armored catfish Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Parnaíba basin, northeastern, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, vol.15 no.2 )
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 382)
- Silva, M.J.; Ramos, T.P.A.; Carvalho, F.R.; Brito, M.F.G.; ramos, R.T.C.; Rosa, R.S.; Sánchez-Botero, J.I.; Novaes, J.L.C.; Costa, R.S. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2020 "Freshwater fish richness baseline from the São Francisco Interbasin Water Transfer Project in the Brazilian Semiarid" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 18 No. 4)
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