NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Hypoptopomatinae
  Family - Loricariidae
  Order - Siluriformes
  Superorder - Ostariophysi
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Otocinclus affinis
      Species - Otocinclus flexilis
      Species - Otocinclus bororo
      Species - Otocinclus caxarari
      Species - Otocinclus cocama
      Species - Otocinclus gibbosus
      Species - Otocinclus hasemani
      Species - Otocinclus hoppei
      Species - Otocinclus huaorani
      Species - Otocinclus macrospilus
      Species - Otocinclus mariae
      Species - Otocinclus mimulus
      Species - Otocinclus mura
      Species - Otocinclus tapirape
      Species - Otocinclus vestitus
      Species - Otocinclus vittatus
      Species - Otocinclus xakriaba