''Rhinelepis aspera'' is a species of
armored catfish Armoured catfish may refer to:
*Family Loricariidae: The armoured suckermouth catfish, also known as suckermouth catfish, armoured catfish or simply 'plecs' or 'plecos'
*Family Callichthyidae: armoured catfish, includes the genera
**''Corydoras'', ...
native to
Argentina,
Brazil, and
Uruguay, where it occurs in the
São Francisco and upper
Paraná River
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basins. This species grows to a length of
TL.
References
*
Hypostominae
Fish of South America
Fish of Argentina
Fish of Brazil
Fish of Uruguay
Fish described in 1829
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