Otocinclus catfish
Amazing fact
Otocinclus catfish live near the bottom in fresh water.
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Otocinclus catfish live near the bottom in fresh water.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Otocinclus catfish
- Scientific name
- Otocinclus vittatus
- Japanese name
- オトシンクルス
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Otocinclus
Where the name “Otocinclus catfish” comes from
The scientific name Otocinclus combines words meaning “ear” and “latticework”.
Swedish Museum of Natural History (FishBase)Basic data
- Diet
- Algae
- Range
- Upper and middle Amazon River
Where the Otocinclus catfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — オトシンクルスChecked: 2026-11-04
- Swedish Museum of Natural History (FishBase) — Otocinclus vittatusChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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