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Rineloricaria melini (Schindler 1959)

Image contributors to this species:

Haakon Haagensen (3) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (2) Lars Jamne (2) Zierfisch Zentrum Austria (1)

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Relevant Information:

The name is sometimes accepted in some quarters as Hemiloricaria melini. Aquarium Care: A black water species that requires soft, acidic water to spawn. Diet: Omnivore. Vegetable food such as cucumber and other various foods such as tablet, flake and frozen.

Common Name:

Apache whiptail catfish

Synonyms:

Hemiloricaria melini

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon River basin, Brazil. Type Locality: Rio Solimoes beim Ort Manacapuru, nahe der Mündung des Rio Negro, Brazil.

Size:

10.0cm (4ins)

Temp:

26-29°c (79-87°f)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Evers, H.-G. & I.Seidel: Mergus, Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1, 1st English edn., 2005. Pp.944.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.

Family: Loricariidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Rineloricaria melini

Rineloricaria melini
Head view

Rineloricaria melini

Rineloricaria melini
Head view

Rineloricaria melini

Rineloricaria melini
Male

Rineloricaria melini

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