Parotocinclus prata

Parotocinclus prata^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Da Prata River, which is part of the São Francisco River basin in Brazil. It is most often found either in clear creeks, surrounded by dense forest, with a substrate of rocks, pebbles, sand and occasionally leaf litter, or in larger water bodies with scarce marginal vegetation and an exclusively sandy substrate. The species is known to feed on cyanobacteria, diatoms, green algae, and other organic matter. It reaches 5 cm (2 inches) SL.^[2]

Parotocinclus prata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Parotocinclus
Species:	P. prata
Binomial name
Parotocinclus prata Ribeiro, Melo and Pereira, 2002