Otocinclus batmani, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia and Peru

A new species of the hypoptopomatine catfish genus Otocinclus is described from two localities in the upper Río Amazonas basin: a tributary of the Río Puré in Colombia and two tributaries to the Río Amazonas near Iquitos in Peru. The new taxon can be easily distinguished from all congeners, except O...

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Published in:Neotropical Ichthyology
Main Author: Pablo Lehmann A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252006000400001&lng=en&tlng=en