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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Otocinclus: Greek, ous, oto = ear + Latin, cinclus = latticework; in allusion to the holes of the head in the ears (Ref. 45335); batmani: The specific name batmani is an allusion to the Bob Kane's hero Batman of the comic adventures, which had a bat shape for his symbol, referring to the single W- or bat-shaped vertical spot on the caudal fin.
Eponymy: Batman, who has a bat shape for a symbol, is a comic book super-hero who first appeared in Detective Comics (1939). The etymology refers to the single W or bat-shaped vertical spot on the caudal fin of this species. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical
South America: small stream tributary to the Río Puré in Colombia, and two creeks emptying into the Río Amazonas near Iquitos, Peru, in the upper Amazin River basin.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.7 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 75892)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 2; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 7 - 8; Rayons mous anaux: 6; Vertèbres: 22. Distinguished from all other congeners, except Otocinclus cocama, by having a single,
intensely pigmented, vertical W-shaped caudal fin spot and by having three discrete dark bands on dorsum, between the dorsal-fin base and the caudal fin. Can be separated from Otocinclus cocama by the absence of vertically elongated blotches from the dorsal midline to the ventral border of flanks, and by lacking the posterior extension of black
pigmentation on the base of two central caudal-fin rays. Differs from most Otocinclus
species, except Otocinclus bororo, Otocinclus cocama, Otocinclus mariae, Otocinclus mura, and Otocinclus huaorani, by possessing 20 or more teeth in both the premaxilla and dentary (vs. less that 20 in all other species) (Ref. 75892).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Lehmann A.P., 2006. Otocinclus batmani, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia and Peru. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 4(4):379-383. (Ref. 75892)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00434 - 0.02202), b=3.06 (2.87 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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