Otocinclus mariae[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae.[2] It is native to the Amazon Basin, where it is known from the upper Madeira River and the lower Amazon River in Bolivia and Brazil.[3] It reaches 3.3 cm (1.3 inches) SL.[2]

Otocinclus mariae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Otocinclus
Species:
O. mariae
Binomial name
Otocinclus mariae
Fowler, 1940

References edit

  1. ^ "Otocinclus mariae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Otocinclus mariae" in FishBase. June 2023 version.
  3. ^ Schaefer, Scott A. (1997). "The Neotropical cascudinhos: Systematics and biogeography of the Otocinclus catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 148: 1–120. JSTOR 4065046.