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Rineloricaria aurata (Knaack, 2003)

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Reproduction: The Rineloricaria species are usually cave spawners, where the female will place their eggs after the male has cleaned inside. The male will then guard and fan the eggs until hatching. The eggs will hatch in 4-5 days whereas the male can now be removed. More breeding information can be found here in the articles breeding section. Aquarium Care: Not an easy species to keep with excessive demands on good water quality. Prefers water movement in the aquarium. Diet: Omnivore. Vegetable food such as cucumber and other various foods such as tablet, flake and frozen. Etymology: The specific name aurata: Overlaid with gold.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Hemiloricaria aurata

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Paraguay. Type Locality: Mouth of a small branch of Rio Aquidaban, stretch Loreto - San Carlos, at the border to Brazil, Depto. de Concepcion, Paraguray, 23°03.693'S, 57°23.572'W.

Size:

Temp:

26-29°c (79-87°f)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Despite the little information available on this species, it has a wide range and no apparent threats. Therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern. (IUCN 2023).

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2025 ).
Salvador, G.N. 2023. Rineloricaria aurata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.

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Rineloricaria aurata

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