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Paraloricaria vetula (Valenciennes, 1835)

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Aquarium Care: Grows rather large and would need a large tank to accommodate it and a good water flow in the aquarium. Diet: In their natural habitat part of their diet is the mollusc, Limnoperna fortunei which is an invasive species. Remarks: Not exported very often due to their large size.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Loricaria vetula

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: La Plata River basin.

Size:

50.0cm. (20ins)

Temp:

20-27°c (67-81°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
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. 2009. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (04/2010).
García, M.L. and Protogino, L.C. (2005), Invasive freshwater molluscs are consumed by native fishes in South America. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 21: 34-38.

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Paraloricaria vetula

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