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Otothyropsis marapoama

Otothyropsis marapoama

Classification

Otothyropsis marapoama 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 Brazil. Taxonomy Otothyropsis marapoama was first formally described in 2005 by Alexandre Cunha Ribeiro, Murilo de Carvalho and Alex Luiz de Andrade Melo with its type locality given as the Tietê River basin in the Municípality of Marapoama, at the Cubatão River, road between Marapoama and Elisiárioat 21°11'35"S, 49°07'22"W.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 3