Parotocinclus halbothi

Parotocinclus halbothi

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae

Rhinotocinclus halbothi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. This catfish is found in Brazil and Suriname. Taxonomy Rhinotocinclus halbothi was first formally described as Parotocinclus halbothi in 2014 by the Brazilian ichthyologists Pablo César Lehmann Albornoz, Henrique Lazzarotto and Roberto Esser dos Reis with its type locality given as a creek tributary to igarapé do Moura at Platô Monte Branco, Trombetas River drainage, Amazon basin, at 1°35’58.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 2

Sources and credits

DescriptionRhinotocinclus halbothi, Wikipedia contributors

Parotocinclus halbothi

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