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Knobnose whiptail catfish, Pinocchio whiptail catfish

Loricaria cataphracta

Classification

Loricaria cataphracta, the chocolate loricariid or goatee whiptail catfish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. This catfish is found in South America, where it occurs in the Amazon River basin, the Orinoco and coastal rivers in the Guianas, this species has been recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, This species is a facultative air breather, the parents carry the eggs stuck to…

Distribution

Collins R, Duarte Ribeiro E, Nogueira Machado V, Hrbek T, Farias I · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 2