Description

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Common Names

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岩栖下口鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

岩棲下口鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

綠下口鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

绿下口鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cari de espinho , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Cari de roseta , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Cari rosa , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Aphanotorulus

Species: Aphanotorulus horridus (Kner, 1854)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: upper Amazon River, including the mainstem, Rio Napo, Rio Marañon, Rio Ucayali, Rio Juruá, Rio Purus, and Rio Madiera.

Biology

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Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

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demersal