Loricariidae

Pineapple pleco

Pseudorinelepis genibarbis

Thirty Five Point Six Centimeters Catfish of the Amazon Basin

• Tropical
• Upper river
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Pseudorinelepis is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the armoured suckermouth catfishes, and the subfamily Rhinelepinae. The only species in this genus is Pseudorinelepis genibarbis, the pine-cone pleco. This catfish is found in the Amazon basin of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.