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Parotocinclus haroldoi Garavello, 1988

Image contributors to this species:

Karsten Schönherr (1) Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (1) Hans-Georg Evers (1) Pier Aquatics (1) Hudson Crizanto Gonçalves (2)

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Relevant Information:

Not often exported due to the catchment area not being visited very often by fishermen. One of the nicest marked Parotocinclus species in the hobby. 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 haroldoi: In honour of Brazilian ichthyologist Heraldo A. Britski (b. 1934), Universidade de São Paulo, who loaned specimens, revised Garavello’s manuscript, and contributed many suggestions for its improvement.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Piauí State. Type locality: Córrego do Otaviano, Poço do Sanharó, Riacho Sanharó, Piauí, Brazil.

Size:

4.0cm. (1¾ins)

Temp:

25-29°c (77-85°f)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Parotocinclus haroldoi is endemic to the Parnaíba River basin, Piauí and Maranhão, where it is considered abundant in the stretches where the species is recorded. As no significant threats have been identified that put its population at risk, Parotocinclus haroldoi has been categorised as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Parotocinclus haroldoi. 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. 2008. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2016).
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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Parotocinclus haroldoi

Parotocinclus haroldoi

Parotocinclus haroldoi
Dorsal view

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