Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae Armored catfishes
Subfamily: Hypostominae
Genus: Aphanotorulus

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7 species (see list below)
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Photo by Mikolji, I.

South America
Max. Length 16.1 cm SL
Aphanotorulus ammophilus Armbruster & Page, 1996

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Aphanotorulus ammophilus
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Photo by Yuri Hooker/WWF-OPP

South America
Max. Length 33.6 cm TL
Aphanotorulus emarginatus (Valenciennes, 1840)

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Aphanotorulus emarginatus
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Max. Length 14.3 cm SL
 
Aphanotorulus gomesi
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Max. Length 35.5 cm SL
 
Aphanotorulus horridus
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No picture found

Max. Length 10.1 cm SL
 
Aphanotorulus phrixosoma
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No picture found

Max. Length 24.1 cm SL
 
Aphanotorulus rubrocauda
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Photo by Landines, M./ Ana Sanabria

South America
Max. Length 13.9 cm SL
Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908)

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Aphanotorulus unicolor
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Aphanotorulus ammophilus South America 16.1 SL 1996
Aphanotorulus emarginatus South America 33.6 TL 1840
Aphanotorulus gomesi South America 14.3 SL 1942
Aphanotorulus horridus South America 35.5 SL 1854
Aphanotorulus phrixosoma South America 10.1 SL 1940
Aphanotorulus rubrocauda South America 24.1 SL 2017
Aphanotorulus unicolor South America 13.9 SL 1908



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