Oxyropsis wrightiana

Oxyropsis wrightiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Tribe: Hypoptopomatini
Genus: Oxyropsis
Species: O. wrightiana
Binomial name
Oxyropsis wrightiana
C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889

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.

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