Pseudolithoxus tigris
Pseudolithoxus tigris is a species of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the upper Orinoco and Ventuari River basins. This species grows to a length of 9.4 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.
| Pseudolithoxus tigris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Pseudolithoxus |
| Species: | P. tigris |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudolithoxus tigris (Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000) | |
P. tigris probably matures at a relatively small size; in a specimen about 5 cm (2 in) SL, the snout and pectoral-fin spine odontodes are already greatly elongated, while the odontodes are only beginning to develop in similarly sized specimens of other species.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Pseudolithoxus tigris" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Armbruster, Jonathan W.; Provenzano, Francisco (November 2000). "Four New Species of the suckermouth armored catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae)" (PDF). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 11 (3): 241–254.
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