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Otocinclus mura Schaefer, 1997

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Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (1)

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Aquarium Care: This is a small group of Loricariids which do well in aquaria and will keep the algae down without harming the plants in the tank. Best to keep in a group with more males for breeding purposes. Reproduction: The females will lay eggs on the plants and tank glass after the females have been chased around the tank by the male. Like Corydoras they present a t-position breeding mode. Diet: Omnivore: algae, tablet foods, flake and small frozen foods. Etymology: The specific name mura: Named for the Mura, indigenous tribe who formerly inhabited the middle reaches of the Rio Solimoes (Amazonas, Brazil), within the present range of this species; the Mura were a constant considerable threat to river travel and fiercely resisted colonial assimilation, for which they suffered severe onslaughts by frontier colonists from the mid 1770s to 1785.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Upper Amazon River basin, Brazil. Type locality: Rio Sanabani, munícXpio de Silves (Lago Canaçari drainage into Rio Solimões mainstem), ca. 2º51'40"S, 58º15'40"W, Rio Solimões/Sanabani/Lago Canaçari drainage, Brazil.

Size:

3.5cm (1½ins)

Temp:

23-26°c (73-79°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Otocinclus mura is endemic to Brazil, widely distributed in the Amazon basin, in the states of Amazonas, Pará, and Rondônia, being frequent and abundant. As no significant threats to its population have been detected, Otocinclus mura has been categorised as Least Concern (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Otocinclus mura . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 01/2025 ).
Schaefer, S.A., 2003. Loricariidae - Hypoptopomatinae (Armored catfishes). p. 321-329. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Otocinclus mura

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