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Pseudolithoxus tigris

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Pseudolithoxus tigris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Pseudolithoxus
Species:
P. tigris
Binomial name
Pseudolithoxus tigris

Pseudolithoxus tigris is a species of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the upper Orinoco and Ventuari River basins. This species grows to a length of 9.4 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.

P. tigris probably matures at a relatively small size; in a specimen about 5 cm (2 in) SL, the snout and pectoral-fin spine odontodes are already greatly elongated, while the odontodes are only beginning to develop in similarly sized specimens of other species.[1]

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudolithoxus tigris". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  1. ^ Armbruster, Jonathan W.; Provenzano, Francisco (November 2000). "Four New Species of the suckermouth armored catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae)" (PDF). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 11 (3): 241–254.