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Scientific Name Otothyropsis piribebuy  Calegari, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2011
Common Names Black Oto
Lg2, Otocinclus Negros (Germany)
Type Locality Rio Piribebuy, a tributary to the rio Manduvira, rio Paraguay basin, 25°22'09''S, 56°58'20''W, Eusebio Ayala, Departamento Cordillera, Paraguay.
Etymology Otothyropsis: The first part of the name is from Greek (otos = ear and thyris = window) and is in reference to the Hypoptopomatinae genus Otothyris, to which the new taxon is closely related. The second part is from the Greek (opsis = relating to sight and appearance); hence, resembling a hypoptopomatine fish. After the Rio Piribebuy.
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Size 29mm or 1.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Distinguished from the congeners by possessing the lateral middle series of plates truncated before the caudal fin; the inner margin of pectoral spine fin smooth; the distal tip of the first ceratobranchial accessory flange pointed; and abdomen with unplated areas in adults.
Sexing Male hypoptopomins posses a urogenital papilla located immediately posterior to the anus. It is absent in females.
General Remarks Imported from Paraguay. This little fellow is known in German as the "Kleiner Brauner Oto" (little brown oto) or KBO for short!
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Distribution Known from two localities on the left tributaries of the Rio Paraguay: The Rio Piribebuy near Eusebio Ayala and the Rio Aguaray near Lima, San Pedro, Paraguay. Later found in the Rio Tererê, a tributary of the upper Rio Paraguay in the Pantanal floodplain.
La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay, Piribebuy (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay, Jejui, Aguaray (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay, Upper Paraguay, Tereré (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2021.
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Furniture Collected among marginal vegetation mainly formed by hanging grasses. Also among floating water hyacinths.
Breeding Has bred by German aquarists.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Neotropical Ichthyology v. 9 (no. 2), pp 255, Figs. 3-4, 5a, 6.
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Last Update 2020 Oct 27 10:57 (species record created: 2001 May 04 00:00)