Dasyloricaria paucisquama[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper and middle Magdalena River basin in Colombia. The species reaches 20.3 cm (8 inches) in standard length. Its specific epithet, paucisquama, is derived from Latin and refers to the low number of central abdominal plates typical of the species.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Dasyloricaria |
| Species: | D. paucisquama
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasyloricaria paucisquama Londoño-Burbano & Reis, 2016
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References
edit- ^ Londoño-Burbano, Alejandro & Reis, Roberto. (2016). Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships of Dasyloricaria Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with description of a new species. Neotropical Ichthyology. 14. 10.1590/1982-0224-20150120.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Dasyloricaria paucisquama". FishBase.
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