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Parotocinclus doceanus
Parotocinclus doceanusis a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. This catfish is endemic to Brazil.
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Range & habitat
Parotocinclus doeceanus is endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Mucuri and Doce river basins, including coastal rivers between these basins, in the states of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. This catfish is found in streams which are 0.5 to 1 m (1 ft 8 in to 3 ft 3 in) in depth, where the stream bed is made up mainly of sand and clay, as well as containing gravel, rocks and leaf litter> The marginal vegetation is mainly grasses and emergent plants, and the surrounding vegetation varies from intact riparian vegetation to degraded, this includes forest fragments, secondary forest, pasture, agriculture and buildings.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
Parotocinclus doceanus is classified in the genus Parotocinclus, is a combination of para, meaning "near", and the genus Otocinclus, the genus the type species, P. maculicauda was originally thought to be a member of. The specific name, bahiensis, suffixes Doce, meaning the Doce River, with -anus, a Latin suffix meaning "belonging to", the Doce River being the type locality.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 616739.