Otocinclus mimulus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypoptopomatinae
Tribus: Hypoptopomatini
Genus: Otocinclus
Species: Otocinclus mimulus

Name

Otocinclus mimulus Axenrot & Kullander, 2003

Type locality: Small stream (arroyo) at Estancia María Belén, 8 kilometers from Colonel Patricio Colman, 25°40'13"S, 55°05'52"W, río Paraná drainage, Depto. Caaguazú, Paraguay.

Holotype: MNHNP uncat. [ex. NRM 43480]. Paratypes: MHNG 2353.027 (1), 2531.072 (7); NRM 41800 (3), 41924 (9), 42102 (3), 42278 (5), 42332 (13), 42466 (5), 43478 (1, c&s), 43479 (1, c&s), 43557 (1), 43558 (1), 45142 (1), 46725 (1).

Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:275

References

Primary references

• Axenrot, T.E. & Kullander, S.O. 2003. Corydoras diphyes (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) and Otocinclus mimulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), two new species of catfishes from Paraguay, a case of mimetic association. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 14(3): 249–272. Reference page.  [See page 251, fig. 1.]
• Ferraris, C.J., jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. Abstract & excerpt PDF (part 1) PDF (part 2) Reference page.  [See page 275.]

Links

• Otocinclus mimulus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on October 7, 2023.
• Otocinclus mimulus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).