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Parotocinclus fluminense

Parotocinclus fluminense

Classification

Parotocinclus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America. Taxonomy Parotocinclus was first proposed as a subgenus of Hisonotus in 1889 by the German-American ichthyologist Carl H.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 21