Pseudolithoxus tigris
| Pseudolithoxus tigris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Pseudolithoxus |
| Species: | P. tigris
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudolithoxus tigris (Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000)
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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]
References
- ^ Armbruster, J.W. (2023). "Pseudolithoxus tigris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T176024607A176024648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T176024607A176024648.en. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Pseudolithoxus tigris • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog". Planet Catfish. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudolithoxus tigris". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Armbruster, Jonathan W.; Provenzano, Francisco (November 2000). "Four New Species of the suckermouth armored catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae)" (PDF). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 11 (3): 241–254.