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Loricaria apeltogaster Boulenger, 1895

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Freshwater Fish from Uruguay 2nd. edition (1) Siem Preverde (2)

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Relevant Information:

Habitat: It is endemic to the upper Paraná River basin in Brazil. Aquarium Care: Grows very large and would need a large aquarium with cool water and a strong current to house this species. Should be acclimatised slowly for the home aquarium. Diet: Carnivore: feed with tablets, pellets, insect larvae, zooplankton and shrimps. A varied diet is important to this species and genus. Etymology: a-, without; pelta, small shield; gaster, belly, “Breast and belly naked, or with small stellate shields”.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Uruguay, Paraná and Paraguay River basins (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay). Type locality: Paraguay.

Size:

32.5cm. (13ins)

Temp:

19-24°c (65-75°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

ArgentiNat 2023.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Loricariidae - Loricariinae (Armored catfishes). p. 330-350. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2023 ).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
Thomas, M.R., M.S. Rodriguez, M.R. Cavallaro, O. Froehlich and R.M. Corrêa E Castro, 2013. Loricaria luciae, a new species of whiptail catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay and lower Paraná River basins of southeastern South America. Zootaxa 3745(3):365-378.

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Loricaria apeltogaster

Loricaria apeltogaster
Unnamed Road, Entre Ríos, Argentina

Loricaria apeltogaster
Ventral view-Unnamed Road, Entre Ríos, Argentina

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