Otocinclus tapirape
Britto & Moreira, 2002
dedicated Tapirapé (indigenous tribe)
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 3 cm
Standard length (documented)
23.6 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
Can breathe atmospheric
yes
from genus: W: größer, fülliger, weniger Odontoden am Schwanzstiel M: kleiner, zierlicher
unknown
absent
I / 5 rays
7 + 7 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
7 + 7 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft 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
- 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
- Britto, M.R. de; Moreira, C.R. & Schaefer, S.A., 2002 "Otocinclus tapirape: A New Hypoptopomatine Catfish from Central Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Copeia, Vol. 2002 No. 4, P. 1063)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 275)
- Ribeiro, A.C. & Lehmann, P.A., 2016 "A new Otocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Rio Juruena Basin, central Brazil" (Zootaxa 4247 (3), P. 240)
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15.10.2025