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Otocinclus  Cope, 1871
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164354

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderSiluriformes  – silures, catfishes  
                               FamilyLoricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 – suckermouth armored catfishes, suckermouth catfishes, loricariidés, plecóstomas, armored catfishes  
                                  SubfamilyHypoptopomatinae Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1890 – armored catfishes  
                                     GenusOtocinclus Cope, 1871  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Otocinclus affinis Steindachner, 1877 – dwarf sucking catfish 
                                        Species Otocinclus bororo Schaefer, 1997  
                                        Species Otocinclus caxarari Schaefer, 1997  
                                        Species Otocinclus cocama Reis, 2004  
                                        Species Otocinclus flexilis Cope, 1894  
                                        Species Otocinclus gibbosus Miranda Ribeiro, 1908  
                                        Species Otocinclus hasemani Steindachner, 1915  
                                        Species Otocinclus hoppei Miranda Ribeiro, 1939  
                                        Species Otocinclus huaorani Schaefer, 1997  
                                        Species Otocinclus macrospilus Eigenmann and Allen, 1942  
                                        Species Otocinclus mariae Fowler, 1940  
                                        Species Otocinclus mimulus Axenrot and Kullander, 2003  
                                        Species Otocinclus mura Schaefer, 1997  
                                        Species Otocinclus tapirape Britto and Moreira, 2002  
                                        Species Otocinclus vestitus Cope, 1872  
                                        Species Otocinclus vittatus Regan, 1904  
                                        Species Otocinclus xakriaba Schaefer, 1997  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005, website (version 05-Apr-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Otocinclus   
       
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Otocinclus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Otocinclus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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