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Farlowella vittata Myers, 1942

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Yann Fulliquet (2) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (2)

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Aquarium Care: Although growing large this is an inoffensive fish and as such, robust tank mates should be avoided. Water parameters will need to be at the highest quality to keep this catfish in good health. Sexual Differences: When mature, males have a thicker snout and sports odontodes (hair like appendages), you can run your hand down this and feel if it is a male as females do not carry this trait, and also their snout is somewhat slimmer. Diet: Feed vegetable food such as algae, cucumber, courgette (zucchini), spinach, lettuce and peas but will also eat other foods in the aquarium. Etymology: The specific name vittata: Banded, striped.

Common Name:

Twig Catfish

Synonyms:

Farlowella agustini, Farlowella angosturae, Farlowella guaricensis, Farlowella roncallii

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

Venezuela: Orinoco River basin. Type locality: tributaries of the Rio Uribanto, from San Cristobal to Ilanos, Venezuela.

Size:

22.5cm (9ins)

Temp:

24-26°c (75-79°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Farlowella vittata is assessed as Least Concern based on its wide distribution, abundance and presence in various protected areas and conserved rivers. Nevertheless, in addition to human impacts in many drainages (e.g. piedmonts), it has important value in the ornamental fishing, which shows a high extraction rate from natural environments (IUCN 2021).

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Rodríguez-Olarte, D., DoNascimiento, CD, Taphorn, D.C., Mojica, J.I., Villa-Navarro, F. & Herrera-Collazos, E.E. 2021. Farlowella vittata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.

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Farlowella vittata
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Farlowella vittata

Farlowella vittata
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Farlowella vittata

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