Pseudolithoxus tigris
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| Pseudolithoxus tigris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Pseudolithoxus |
| Species: | P. tigris |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudolithoxus tigris (Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000) | |
Pseudolithoxus tigris is a species of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the upper Orinoco and Ventuari River basins.[2] This species grows to a length of 9.4 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.[3]
P. tigris probably matures at a relatively small size; in a specimen about 5 cm (2 in) SL, the snout and pectoral-fin spine odontodes are already greatly elongated, while the odontodes are only beginning to develop in similarly sized specimens of other species.[4]
P. tigris sometimes appears in the aquarium trade, where it is typically referred to either as the tigerstriped plane pleco or by its associated L-number, which is L-257.[2]
