Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 29. Distinguished from all congeners by having the following characters: 19-31 premaxillary teeth (vs. 10-20); 18-27 dentary teeth (vs. 11-19); caudal peduncle depth 6.2-7.6% (vs. 7.6-11.5% SL); dorsal-fin spinelet rectangular in shape (vs. triangular or quadrangular); suture in the posteromesial portion of the paired basipterygium long- same size of the basipterygium medial cartilage (vs. suture smaller-one to two third of the basipterygium medial cartilage) (Ref. 93039).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Otothyropsis

Species: Otothyropsis polyodon Calegari, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2013

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal