Aphanotorulus rubrocauda

Aphanotorulus rubrocauda^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the Aripuanã River basin in the states of Amazonas and Mato Grosso in Brazil. The species reaches at least 24.05 cm (9.5 inches) SL.^[2]

Aphanotorulus rubrocauda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Aphanotorulus
Species:	A. rubrocauda
Binomial name
Aphanotorulus rubrocauda Oliveira, Py-Daniel & Zawadzki, 2017

A. rubrocauda was described in 2017 by Andreza S. Oliveira and Lúcia H. Rapp Py-Daniel (both of the National Institute of Amazonian Research), as well as Cláudio H. Zawadzki (of the State University of Maringá) based on its distinctive morphology and coloration.^[2] FishBase does not list this species.