Aphanotorulus unicolor
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| Aphanotorulus unicolor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Aphanotorulus |
| Species: | A. unicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908) | |
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Aphanotorulus unicolor[2] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Amazon River basin. The species reaches 13.9 cm (5.5 in) SL.[3]
A. unicolor was originally described as Plecostomus unicolor by Franz Steindachner in 1908. It was subsequently listed as a member of Aphanotorulus by I. J. H. Isbrücker, I. Seidel, J. Michels, E. Schraml, and A. Werner in 2001.[4] In 2004, Jonathan W. Armbruster classified the species within Hypostomus instead of Aphanotorulus.[5] In 2016, following a review of Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus by C. Keith Ray and Armbruster (both of Auburn University), the species was transferred once again to Aphanotorulus.[5]
