according to the origin Rio Doce
Synonyms
Microlepidogaster doceanus
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
44.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
22 - 25 °C
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
 
present
I / 5 rays
straight
I / 7 rays
I / 5 rays
straight
I / 7 rays
Sympatric with
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/October/2011
- 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
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 1 P.362
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1918 "Tres generos e dezesete especies novas de peixes brasileiros determinados nas collecções do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 10)
- 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, P. 11)
- 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)
- Garavello, J.C. & Britski, H.A., 2003 "Parotocinclus planicauda, a new species of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae from Southeastern Brazil (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae)" (Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol. 63, P. 258)
- 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)
- 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)
- Roxo, F.F.; Melo, B.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Oliveira, C., 2017 "New species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from coastal drainages of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4232 (2), P. 267)
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