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Otocinclus affinis

Otocinclus affinis

Classification

Otocinclus affinis, the golden otocinclus, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. This catfish is endemic to southeastern Brazil, where it occurs in northern Rio de Janeiro state and the Ribeira de Iguape River in Sao Paulo state. The golden otocinclus is a herbivorous, rheophilic, bottom-feeder reachhes a standard length of 5 cm (2.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 1