Parotocinclus robustus • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Parotocinclus robustus**
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Rio Jequitaí (17°05’31”S 043°49’48”W), Minas Gerais, Brasil
Pronunciation	parr auto SINK luss
Etymology	Greek, para in the side of + greek, ous, otis = ear + Greek, kygklos, ou = a fish
Species Information
Size	42mm (1.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The genus Parotocinclus can readily be distinguished from Otocinclus by the presence of an adipose fin in the former. Easy to identify by its naked abdomen and the evenly spread spots on the body.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Rio das Velhas, Rio Paracatu, Rio Jequitaí; Rio São Francisco basin São Francisco, Das Velhas (click on these areas to find other species found there) São Francisco, Paracatu (click on these areas to find other species found there) São Francisco, Jequitaí (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	An omnivorous species, will eat everything. It likes to eat algae from hard surfaces.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Zootaxa 3390: 56–64 (2012)
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2012 Jul 22 11:13 (species record created: 2012 Jul 20 23:04)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Parotocinclus robustus

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Rio Jequitaí (17°05’31”S 043°49’48”W), Minas Gerais, Brasil

Pronunciation

parr auto SINK luss

Etymology

Greek, para in the side of + greek, ous, otis = ear + Greek, kygklos, ou = a fish

Species Information

Size

42mm (1.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

The genus Parotocinclus can readily be distinguished from Otocinclus by the presence of an adipose fin in the former.

Easy to identify by its naked abdomen and the evenly spread spots on the body.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Rio das Velhas, Rio Paracatu, Rio Jequitaí; Rio São Francisco basin
São Francisco, Das Velhas (click on these areas to find other species found there)
São Francisco, Paracatu (click on these areas to find other species found there)
São Francisco, Jequitaí (click on these areas to find other species found there)