Oxyropsis wrightiana is a species of armored catfish (Loricariidae) native to Brazil, Colombia and Peru where it occurs in the Amazon basin. This species grows to a length of 5.6 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.
Oxyropsis wrightiana | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Oxyropsis |
Species: | O. wrightiana |
Binomial name | |
Oxyropsis wrightiana C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 | |
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Named for Scottish-Canadian zoologist Robert Ramsay (misspelled Ramsey) Wright (1852-1933), “who has contributed more than any one else” to the knowledge of the anatomy of American catfishes".[1]
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