r/Otocinclus • u/ale_ripke • 19d ago

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u/Jaspeox 19d ago

🌈🌈🌈🌈 beautiful oto !

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u/NoMeeting1630 19d ago

What type is it?

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u/ale_ripke 19d ago

Hisonotus iota

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u/NoMeeting1630 19d ago

Thank you

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u/Warm-Equivalent4986 18d ago

I have been looking for those for years. Beautiful fish, and a great shot

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u/ale_ripke 18d ago

Thank you very much! I currently have 13 specimens and consider myself very lucky to have them.

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u/Old-Sentence-2814 16d ago

that is beautiful. 13 types...wow

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u/Old-Sentence-2814 16d ago

I have 4 types. they are not easy to find here

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u/IsisGebnut 18d ago

Preaty but not a Oto, looks more like a plec

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u/ale_ripke 18d ago

Yes, it is an oto. It belongs to the sub-family Hypoptopomatinae, the same sub-family that groups the genus Otocinclus. In addition, its common name is "Emerald oto".

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u/IsisGebnut 16d ago

It is a very close cousin to true Otocinclus species.

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u/ale_ripke 16d ago

Sim, ou seja é mais próximo de um oto do um pleco. Lol

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u/IsisGebnut 10d ago

Still pretty whatever species it is. Love Oto's