Otothyris lophophanes
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
(Type species)
Synonyms
Brown Sucker Catfish
Microlepidogaster lophophanes
Otocinclus cephalacanthus
Otocinclus lophophanes
Otothyris canaliferus
Otothyris cephalacanthus
Rhinelepis lophophanes
Microlepidogaster lophophanes
Otocinclus cephalacanthus
Otocinclus lophophanes
Otothyris canaliferus
Otothyris cephalacanthus
Rhinelepis lophophanes
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
28.2 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
18 - 22 °C
rio Grande = rio Dois Rios near Santa Cruz (Rio de Janeiro), rio Itapemirim basin, ➀ rio Macaé basin, unnamed creek to rio São João, Atlantic SE: coastal waters
Arroio Fundo, córrego da Onça, rio Rabelo, rio São João, córrego Safra, lagoa da Cataia, lagoa Sete Pontas, Rio Parahyba = Rio Paraíba do Sul
Arroio Fundo, córrego da Onça, rio Rabelo, rio São João, córrego Safra, lagoa da Cataia, lagoa Sete Pontas, Rio Parahyba = Rio Paraíba do Sul
Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo
Brazil
Rio Grande | Lagoa da Tijuca | rio Itapemirim | rio Macaé ⇒ Atlantic SE
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
yes
absent
I / 5 rays
12 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
12 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft 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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 325
- Seidel, Ingo: "Ohrgitterwelse – Eine variable und systematisch schwierige Gruppe"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S., 1889 "Preliminary Notes on South American Nemotognathi II" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2 Ser. 2, P. 42)
- 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. 83)
- Schaefer, S.A., 1997 "The Neotropical cascudinhos: Systematics and biogeography of the Otocinclus catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 148, P. 8)
- Garavello, J.C.; Heraldo, A. & Schaefer, S.A., 1998 "Systematics of the genus Otothyris Myers 1927, with comments on geographic distribution (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Hypoptopomatinae)" (American Museum novitates, No. 3222, P. 5)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 276)
- Rosa, C.A.; Martins, F. & Langeani, F., 2014 "Miniaturization in Otothyris Myers, 1927 (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 1, P. 59)
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