Otocinclus batmani
| Otocinclus batmani | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Otocinclus |
| Species: | O. batmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Otocinclus batmani Lehmann A., 2006 | |
Otocinclus batmani is a species of armored catfish (Loricariidae) native to South America. It can grow up to 37 millimetres (1.5 in) (SL).[1]
It is named for the comic-book hero Batman, who had a bat shape for a symbol,[2] and has the pigmented mark on its caudal fin, which resembles Batman's chest symbol.[3]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Otocinclus batmani". FishBase. September 2014 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ Otocinclus batmani, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia and Peru, by Pablo Lehmann A., in Neotropical Ichthyology, vol.4 no.4 Porto Alegre Oct./Dec. 2006