''Otothyropsis alicula'' is a
species of
catfish in the family
Loricariidae. It is native to
South America, where it occurs in the Santo Antônio River, a tributary of the
Sapucaí River, which is itself a tributary of the
Rio Grande
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The length of the Rio G ...
and part of
Brazil's
Paraná River
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basin. The species reaches 3.6 cm (1.4 inches) SL and was described in 2014 by Beatriz G. Lippert, Bárbara B. Calegari, and Roberto E. Reis on the basis of morphology and coloration.
[Lippert, B.G., Calegari, B.B., & Reis, R.E. (2014). A New Species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from Eastern Brazil. ''Copeia, 2014'', 238 - 244.]
References
Otothyrinae
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