Parotocinclus

Parotocinclus
Parotocinclus jumbo
Scientific classification
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

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. Most species have the caudal peduncle oval in cross section.

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