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Parotocinclus eppleyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Parotocinclus
Species:	P. eppleyi
Binomial name
Parotocinclus eppleyi Schaefer & Provenzano, 1993

Parotocinclus eppleyi is a fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America. It is found swimming in the upper and middle portions of the Rio Orinoco. This species reaches a length of 3 cm (1.2 in).

The fish is named in honor of Capt. Marion Eppley (1883–1960), the founder of the Eppley Foundation for Research in New York, for its financial support of the authors’ 1989–1991 collecting efforts in Venezuela, which led to the discovery of this species.

References

1. "Parotocinclus eppleyi". fishbase.mnhn.fr.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

• Schaefer, S.A. and F. Provenzano, 1993. The Guyana Shield Parotocinclus: systematic, biogeography, and description of a new Venezuelan species (Siluroidei: Loricariidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 4(1):39–56.

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