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Farlowella amazonum

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ3764231 ↗
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Farlowella amazonum is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. This catfish is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela where it is found in the drainage basins of the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, Tocantins, and Paraguay rivers. This species grows to a standard length of 22.5 cm (8.9 in).

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The public source identifies “Farlowella amazonum” as species of fish. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Farlowella, amazonum and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 66-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Farlowella, amazonum and species providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Farlowella amazonum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.