Otocinclus cocama - Definition and Overview

Common Name: Zebra Oto, Tiger Oto
Distribution: Peru

The Zebra Oto (Otocinclus cocama) has been for sale in the aquarium trade since the early 1990's and was described to science by Roberto E. Reis in his paper published in Neotropical Icthyology (http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/) in November, 2004.

External Links

• Otocinclus.com (http://www.otocinclus.com/) - Home of the Dwarf Suckermouth Catfishes
• Planet Catfish (http://www.planetcatfish.com/)
• Robyn's Oto Page (http://www.fishpondinfo.com/otto.htm)
• The Ideal Algae Eater... (http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/otocinclusart.htm) and general care information from Wet Web Media

References

" Reis, RE, 2004. - "Otocinclus cocama, a new uniquely colored loricariid catfish from Peru (Teleostei: Siluriformes), with comments on the impact of taxonomic revisions to the discovery of new taxa.", Neotropical Ichthyology, 2: 109-116.

• "Otocinclus." ITIS Standard Report. (Integrated Taxonomic Information System: National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., 2004-10-08). URL: ITIS 164354 (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=164354)
• "Otocinclus." FishBase. ed. Froese, R. and D. Pauly (09/2004), URL: Otocinclus (http://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.cfm?ID=Otocinclus&fromsearch=1)