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Metaloricaria paucidens Isbrücker, 1975

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Yann Fulliquet (3) Karsten Schönherr (3)

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Similar to the Rineloricaria and Pseudoloricaria genera's. The genus Metaloricaria have a very wide lower lip. There are only two species in this genera the other one being M. nijsseni from the Morani and Oyapock rivers in French Guiana. Aquarium Care: Not kept very often but would be similar in their requirements as to the Hartia genera in that they are not the easiest species to keep as they will need clean, oxygen rich water, a large tank and a strong current. Diet: Dry foods, algae wafers, Spirulina and normal tablet foods. Frozen foods, Artemia nauplii, glass worms and Daphnia. Etymology: The specific name paucidens: paucus (L.), few; dens (L.), tooth, referring to comparatively low number of teeth compared to the related genera Sturisoma, Lamontichthys and Harttiella. Remarks: Species redescribed by le Bail et al. (2000).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Oyapock, Sinnamary, and Marowijne River basins. Type locality: French Guiana, creek at right bank of Ouaqui River, upstream of Saut Bali, Maroni River system.

Size:

27.0cm. (10½ins)

Temp:

25-30°c (77-87°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

The species is known from the Oyapock and Maroni drainages. It has a wide distribution with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 94,366 km2 and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 15,724 km2. Therefore, this species is assessed as Least Concern (IUCN 2023).

Reference:

Ballen, G.A. 2023. Metaloricaria paucidens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2015. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (01/2016).
Le Bail, P.-Y., P. Keith and P. Planquette, 2000. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 2, Fascicule II: Siluriformes. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 43(II): 307p. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Metaloricaria paucidens

Metaloricaria paucidens
Dorsal view

Metaloricaria paucidens
Ventral view

Metaloricaria paucidens
Palumeu, Suriname

Metaloricaria paucidens
Dorsal view-Palumeu, Suriname

Metaloricaria paucidens
Ventral view-Palumeu, Suriname

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