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Picked this guy up today. I've searched for info but am coming up with nothing. They had him listed as a Giant Otocinclus "rare, new import". Anyone have any info on these guys?
Family: Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) , subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Order: Siluriformes (catfish)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:
Max. size: 7.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 36885)
Environment: demersal; freshwater
Climate: tropical
Importance:
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:
Gazetteer South America: Amazon River basin.
Biology:
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List (NL) (Ref. 53964)
Dangerous: harmless
I searched all the names listed and they all come up short. (literally)The one you have here says max size 7cm. Mine is longer than that. He's over three inches. Most of the others say the same so, I don't know. Either way, he's doing great. He's all over the driftwood.