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Parotocinclus spilurus

Parotocinclus spilurus

Classification

Parotocinclus spilurus 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 endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy Parotocinclus spilosoma was first formally described as Plecostomus spilurus in 1941 by the American biologist Henry Weed Fowler with its type locality given as the Salgado River at Icón the Brazilian state of Ceará.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 3