Otocinclus xakriaba Schaefer 1997

Otocinclus xakriaba

provided by wikipedia EN

Otocinclus xakriaba is a species of suckermouth catfish native to the São Francisco river basin in South America. This species reaches a maximum length of 3.1 centimetres (1.2 in) (SL).^[1]

O. xakriaba is a Batesian mimic that mimics juvenile Corydoras garbei. The mechanism driving the mimicry is unknown.^[2]

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Otocinclus xakriaba" in FishBase. September 2014 version.
^ Axenrot, Thomas E., and Sven O. Kullander. "Corydoras diphyes (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) and Otocinclus mimulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), two new species of catfishes from Paraguay, a case of mimetic association." Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 14.3 (2003): 249–272.

provided by wikipedia EN

Otocinclus xakriaba is a species of suckermouth catfish native to the São Francisco river basin in South America. This species reaches a maximum length of 3.1 centimetres (1.2 in) (SL).

O. xakriaba is a Batesian mimic that mimics juvenile Corydoras garbei. The mechanism driving the mimicry is unknown.