Otocinclus xakriaba: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Otocinclus
- Species
- Otocinclus xakriaba
- Scientific Name
- Otocinclus xakriaba
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Otocinclus xakriaba
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).
O. xakriaba is a Batesian mimic that mimics juvenile Brochis garbei. The mechanism driving the mimicry is unknown.
Otocinclus xakriaba in languages:
- Czech
- krunýřovec colherský
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Otocinclus affinis
- Otocinclus arnoldi
- Otocinclus batmani
- Otocinclus bororo
- Otocinclus caxarari
- Otocinclus cocama
- Otocinclus flexilis
- Otocinclus hasemani
- Otocinclus hoppei
- Otocinclus huaorani
- Otocinclus juruenae
- Otocinclus macrospilus
- Otocinclus mangaba
- Otocinclus mariae
- Otocinclus mimulus
- Otocinclus mura
- Otocinclus tapirape
- Otocinclus vestitus
- Otocinclus vittatus
- Otocinclus xakriaba