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Parotocinclus
| Parotocinclus | |
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| Parotocinclus jumbo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Tribe: | Otothyrini |
| Genus: | Parotocinclus C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Otocinclus maculicauda Steindachner, 1877
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Parotocinclus is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America. This genus is distributed through almost all hydrographic systems in South America from the Guyana Shield drainages and Amazon Shield tributaries to the coastal drainages of eastern and southeastern Brazil, including the rio São Francisco basin.[1] Most species have the caudal peduncle oval in cross section.[2] It has been found that Characidium species may interact with P. maculicauda. The small Characidium will follow grazing P. maculicauda, which release particulate matter dislodged from the catfish's foraging.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Roxo2016was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Garavello, J.C. & Britski, H.A. (2003): Parotocinclus planicauda, a new species of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae from Southeastern Brazil (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae). Brazilian Journal of Biology, 63 (2): 253–260.
- ^ Leitão, R.P., Caramaschi, É.P. & Zuanon, J. (2007): Following food clouds: feeding association between a minute loricariid and a characidiin species in an Atlantic Forest stream, Southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 5 (3): 307-310.
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