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Parotocinclus
Parotocinclus is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America. This genus is distributed through almost all hydrographic systems in South America from the Guyana Shield drainages and Amazon Shield tributaries to the coastal drainages of eastern and southeastern Brazil, including the rio São Francisco basin. Most species have the caudal peduncle oval in cross section. It has been found that Characidium species may interact with P. maculicauda. The small Characidium will...
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 27 known species
Parotocinclus maculicauda
speciesParotocinclus maculicauda
Parotocinclus jumbo
speciesParotocinclus jumbo
Parotocinclus spilosoma
speciesParotocinclus spilosoma
Parotocinclus bahiensis
speciesParotocinclus bahiensis
Parotocinclus cearensis
speciesParotocinclus cearensis
Parotocinclus spilurus
speciesParotocinclus spilurus
Parotocinclus jacksoni
speciesParotocinclus jacksoni
Parotocinclus cabessadecuia
speciesParotocinclus cabessadecuia
Parotocinclus nandae
speciesParotocinclus nandae
Parotocinclus jacumirim
speciesParotocinclus jacumirim
Parotocinclus adamanteus
speciesParotocinclus adamanteus
Parotocinclus pukuixe
speciesParotocinclus pukuixe
Parotocinclus doceanus
speciesParotocinclus doceanus
Parotocinclus arandai
speciesParotocinclus arandai
Parotocinclus bidentatus
speciesParotocinclus bidentatus
Parotocinclus cristatus
speciesParotocinclus cristatus
Parotocinclus jequi
speciesParotocinclus jequi
Parotocinclus jimi
speciesParotocinclus jimi
Parotocinclus haroldoi
speciesParotocinclus haroldoi
Parotocinclus fluminense
speciesParotocinclus fluminense
Parotocinclus muriaensis
speciesParotocinclus muriaensis
Parotocinclus minutus
speciesParotocinclus minutus
Parotocinclus planicauda
speciesParotocinclus planicauda
Parotocinclus seridoensis
speciesParotocinclus seridoensis
Parotocinclus robustus
speciesParotocinclus robustus
Parotocinclus prata
speciesParotocinclus prata
Parotocinclus cesarpintoi
speciesParotocinclus cesarpintoi
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 90860.