Parotocinclus jimi
Garavello, 1977
dedicated Jim - one of the two catchers
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
37.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
23 - 26 °C
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
Sympatric with
Imparfinis borodini
Hyphessobrycon brumado
Hyphessobrycon brumado
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
- Garavello, J.C., 1989 "Three new species of parotocinclus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889 with comments on their geographical distribution (pisces, loricariidae)" (Naturalia) P. 124
- Lacerda, M.T.C. & Evers, H.-G., 1996 "Parotocinclus-Arten aus Brasilien" (DATZ) P. 88
- 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)
- Garavello, J.C., 1976 "Systematics and geographical distribution of the genus Parotocinclus Eigenamnn & Eigenamnn, 1889 (Ostariophysi, Loricariidae)" (Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de São Paulo, Vol. 28 No. 4)
- 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. 197)
- 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)
- 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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for the pictures
Hans-Georg Evers
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