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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Otothyris: Greek, ous, otis = ear + Greek, thyra, -as/thyris, -idos = a little door (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical
South America: Atlantic coast of southeastern Brazil.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.2 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 28152)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 8; Rayons mous anaux: 6. With 16-21 premaxillary and 13-18 dentary teeth on each jaw element; 2 or more series of ventrally downturned odontodes on anteroventral rostral margin; supraoccipital odontode crests short, low, orbit small, diameter less than infraorbital depth; abdomen with 2-3 paired lateral plates; pair of preanal platelets preceded by 2 or more additional platelets, with small naked areas between platelets; unbranched caudal-fin rays banded; large brown blotch on median caudal-fin rays, two dark brown oblique bars on caudal fin.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Garavello, J.C., H.A. Britski and S.A. Schaefer, 1998. Systematics of the genus Otothyris Myers 1927, with comments on geographic distribution (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae). Am. Mus. Novit. 3222:1-19. (Ref. 28152)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00337 - 0.01709), b=3.12 (2.93 - 3.31), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 2.4 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).