Otothyris travassosi Garavello, Britski & Schaefer, 1998

Family:  Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Max. size:  3.2 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Atlantic coast of southeastern Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal soft rays: 6-6. With 16-21 premaxillary and 13-18 dentary teeth on each jaw element; 2 or more series of ventrally downturned odontodes on anteroventral rostral margin; supraoccipital odontode crests short, low, orbit small, diameter less than infraorbital depth; abdomen with 2-3 paired lateral plates; pair of preanal platelets preceded by 2 or more additional platelets, with small naked areas between platelets; unbranched caudal-fin rays banded; large brown blotch on median caudal-fin rays, two dark brown oblique bars on caudal fin.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


Source and more info: www.fishbase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.