Rhinotocinclus britskii
Boeseman, 1974
dedicated Heraldo Britski
Synonyms
Parotocinclus britskii
Parotocinclus amazonensis
Parotocinclus aripuanensis
Parotocinclus amazonensis
Parotocinclus aripuanensis
Length (total)
approx. 3 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 29 °C
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
present
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
- Boeseman, M., 1974 "On two Surinam species of Hypoptopomatinae, both new to science (Loricariidae, Siluriformes, Ostariophysi)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences)) P. 251
- Garavello, J.C., 1989 "Three new species of parotocinclus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889 with comments on their geographical distribution (pisces, loricariidae)" (Naturalia) P. 124
- 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. 42
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 326
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Parotocinclus-Arten – Eine sehr variable Gruppe"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 79)
- 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. 282)
- 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. 61)
- 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)
- Lima, P.C.;Fernandes, I.M.; Silva, H.P.da; Carvalho, R.R.; Tencatt, L.F.C. & Venere, P.C., 2025 "Ichthyofauna From Headwater Streams Of The Araguaia And Das Mortes River Basins, Mato Grosso, Central Brazil" (Oecologia Australis, Vol. 29 Iss. 3, P. 235)
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