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Farlowella gracilis

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ3765951 ↗
Source-derived summary

Farlowella gracilis 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 endemic to Colombia where it is found in the Caqueta River basin. This species reaches a standard length of at least 25.5 cm (10.0 in).

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“Farlowella gracilis” enters the record as species of fish. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Farlowella, gracilis and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 53-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 strongest next move is a source search built around Farlowella, gracilis and species.
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“Farlowella gracilis” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Farlowella, gracilis and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3765951. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Farlowella gracilis” 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.