Loricariichthys microdon

Loricariichthys microdon^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Rupununi basin in Guyana. The species reaches 11 cm (4.3 inches) in length, and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.^[2]

Loricariichthys microdon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Loricariichthys
Species:	L. microdon
Binomial name
Loricariichthys microdon (Eigenmann, 1909)
Synonyms
Loricaria microdon

The loricariid labeled with the number 1 in this image is a specimen of Loricariichthys microdon.