Rhinotocinclus britskii

Rhinotocinclus britskii

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae

Rhinotocinclus britskii 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 South America. Taxonomy Rhinotocinclus britskii was first formally described as Parotocinclus britskii in 1974 by the Dutch ichthyologist Marinus Boeseman with its type locality given as a left tributary of Coppename River in Suriname at 3°51'N, 56°55'W.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 13

Sources and credits

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Rhinotocinclus britskii

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