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Otothyropsis polyodon is a species of armored catfish found in the tributaries of the Rio Verde which is a tributary to the upper Rio Paraná basin in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This species reaches a length of 3.7 cm (1.5 in). [1]

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Otothyropsis polyodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Otothyropsis
Species:	O. polyodon
Binomial name
Otothyropsis polyodon Calegari, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2013

Etymology

Poly means many; odon means tooth, referring to higher number of teeth compared to other species in this genus.[2]

References

• Calegari, B.B., P. Lehmann A. and R.E. Reis, 2013. Two new species of cascudinhos of the genus Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Paraná basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 3619(2):130-144.

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