Otocinclus xakriaba
Otocinclus xakriaba | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Otocinclus |
Species: | O. xakriaba |
Binomial name | |
Otocinclus xakriaba Schaefer, 1997 |
Otocinclus xakriaba is a species of suckermouth catfish native to the São Francisco river basin in South America. This species reaches a maximum length of 3.1 centimetres (1.2 in) (SL).[1]
O. xakriaba is a Batesian mimic that mimics juvenile Corydoras garbei. The mechanism driving the mimicry is unknown.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Otocinclus xakriaba". FishBase. September 2014 version.
- ^ Axenrot, Thomas E., and Sven O. Kullander. "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 (2003): 249–272.