Parotocinclus variola
| Parotocinclus variola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Parotocinclus |
| Species: | P. variola
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| Binomial name | |
| Parotocinclus variola Lehmann A., Schvambach & Reis, 2015
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Parotocinclus variola[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it reportedly occurs in a blackwater creek known as Quebrada Tacana, which is a tributary of the Amazon River in Colombia. The species inhabits sandy areas and reaches 2.9 cm (1.1 inches) SL.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Pablo Lehmann A., Nathan K. Lujan, Roberto E. Reis; A New Species of Armored Catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) Syntopic and Superficially Similar to Parotocinclus collinsae, from the Potaro River Basin, Guyana. Ichthyology & Herpetology 1 March 2022; 110 (1): 69–76. doi:10.1643/i2021065
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Parotocinclus variola". FishBase.
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