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Pterygoplichthys parnaibae
Pterygoplichthys parnaibae is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the Parnaíba River basin in Brazil, for which it is named. The species reaches 29 cm (11.4 inches) in standard length and is known to be a facultative air-breather.
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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 616822.