according to the origin Rio Muriaé
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
31.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
 
absent
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 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
- Gauger & Buckup, 2005 "Two new species of Hypoptopomatinae from the rio Paraíba do Sul basin, with comments on the monophyly of Parotocinclus and the Otothyrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 4)
- 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)
- Sarmento-Soares, Luisa M.; Lehmann, Pablo A. & Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo F., 2009 "Parotocinclus arandai, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rios Jucuruçu and Buranhém, States of Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 7 No. 2, P. 196)
- Britski, H.A. & Garavello, J.C., 2009 "Redescription of Parotocinclus bahiensis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918) (Pisces, Ostariophysi, Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 2143, P. 60)
- Lehmann, A.P.; Lazzarotto, H. & Reis, R.E., 2014 "Parotocinclus halbothi, a new species of small armored catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Trombetas and Marowijne River basins, in Brazil and Suriname" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 1, P. 32)
- 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 )
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