Sucker catfish
Otocinclus flexilis
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A small sucker catfish from the Lagoa dos Patos basin in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It reaches about 7 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Otocinclus flexilis
- Family
- Loricariidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Otocinclus arnoldi, Otocinclus fimbriatus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 20–25 °C
- pH
- 6.5–7.8
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–25 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6.8 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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