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Otothyris rostrata Garavello, Britski & Schaefer, 1998

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Otothyris: Greek, ous, otis = ear + Greek, thyra, -as/thyris, -idos = a little door (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Temperate

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South America: Atlantic coast of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 28152)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 6. With 17-20 premaxillary and 14-16 dentary teeth on each jaw element; presence of 2 or more series of ventrally downturned odontodes on anteroventral rostral margin; head and snout deeply sculptured; 3 large and conspicuous odontode crests on supraoccipital: median crest with 3-4 series, lateral crests with 2 series of large odontodes; fourth infraorbital very large and broadly convex, presence of pair of preanal platelets preceded by 2 or more platelets.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Garavello, J.C., H.A. Britski and S.A. Schaefer, 1998. Systematics of the genus Otothyris Myers 1927, with comments on geographic distribution (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae). Am. Mus. Novit. 3222:1-19. (Ref. 28152)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 November 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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