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Otothyropsis dialeukos Calegari, Morlis & Reis, 2017

 

Image contributors to this species:

Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (1)

ScotCat Sources:

Etymology = Genus  Etymology = Species

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Search  Fishbase  Catalog of Fishes  Global Biodiversity Information Facility  iNaturalist

Relevant Information:

Description: Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 28. Aquarium Care: Treat as with all members of the Hypoptopomatinae such as the Otocinclus/Parotocinclus genera with a planted aquarium and an overall cooler temperature. Diet: Omnivore: algae, tablet foods, flake and small frozen foods. Etymology: dialeukos, from the Greek dialeukos, means marked with white, in reference to the white or light cream colour of the cheek. A noun in apposition. Remarks: There are now 6 species (2021) in this relatevely new genera, Otothyropsis alicula, O. biamnicus, O. marapoama, O. piribebuy, O. polyodon and O. dialeukos.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Arroyo Itá, a tributary to the Embalse de Acaray, upper Río Paraná basin in Paraguay.

Size:

3.5cm. (1½ins)

Temp:

21-25°c (69-77°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Calegari, B.B., W.G. Morlis and R.E. Reis, 2017. A new species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Río Paraná basin, Paraguay, with a discussion of the limits between Otothyropsis and Hisonotus. Zootaxa 4244(2):231-245.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2017. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 11/2018 ).



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