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Parotocinclus cearensis Garavello, 1977

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Description: The genus Parotocinclus can readily be distinguished from Otocinclus by the presence of an adipose fin whereas Otocinclus do not posses one. Aquarium Care: Not a well known species but good aquarium husbandry with regular water changes and good oxygen content should suffice. Diet: They are omnivorous (vegetable and meat diet) and will eat lettuce, cucumber, courgette (zucchini) and also white and grindal worm, frozen bloodworm, flake and tablet food. Etymology: The specific name cearensis: –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Ceará State, Brazil, where it is endemic.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Ceará, northeastern Brazil. Type locality: Cachoeira do Gusmão, Ipu, Ceará, Brazil.

Size:

5.0cm. (2ins)

Temp:

25-29°c (77-85°f)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Parotocinclus cearensis is endemic to Brazil and occurs in the Northeast Central-Eastern, Parnaíba, and São Francisco (lower section) ecoregions, in the states of Ceará, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, and Pernambuco. It is possible that the nominate species includes a complex of forms, not yet described. In the species' range, there is a strong environmental impact caused by the canalisation of the Granjeiro River, and others associated with the diversion of the São Francisco River. However, these impacts do not put its population at risk of extinction. Therefore, Parotocinclus cearensis has been categorised as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2024).

Reference:

Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2024. Parotocinclus cearensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024.
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. 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (06/2024).

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Parotocinclus cearensis

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