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Parotocinclus haroldoi Garavello, 1988

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Parotocinclus haroldoi Garavello, 1988
Name authority
Garavello, 1988
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Loricariidae
Genus
Parotocinclus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderSiluriformes
  11. familyLoricariidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. subfamilyHypoptopomatinae Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
  13. genusParotocinclus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
  14. speciesParotocinclus haroldoi Garavello, 1988

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Parotocinclus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Parotocinclus cesarpintoi Miranda Ribeiro, 1939LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus jequi Lehmann A., Koech Braun, Pereira & Reis, 2013LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus muriaensis Gauger & Buckup, 2005LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus cristatus Garavello, 1977LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus bidentatus Gauger & Buckup, 2005LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus doceanus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918)LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus jumbo Britski & Garavello, 2002LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus eppleyi Schaefer & Provenzano, 1993LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus longirostris Garavello, 1988LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus prata Ribeiro, Melo & Pereira, 2002LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus maculicauda (Steindachner, 1877)LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parotocinclus cabessadecuia Ramos, Lima & Ramos, 2017LoricariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 823 records assigned to Loricariidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Garavello, J. C. (1988). Three new species of Parotocinclus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 with comments on their geographical distribution (Pisces, Loricariidae). Naturalia (São Paulo), 13: 117–128. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6TSQF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.