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Rineloricaria
microlepidogaster (Regan, 1904) |
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Description: Possesses
the characters of the rocky group and can be diagnosed within
the species of the rocky group by the following characters:
asymmetrical tooth cusps (vs. almost symmetrical cusps in Rineloricaria
aequalicuspis); spotted colour pattern in all fins (vs.
a unique color pattern composed of one dark, wide band covering
most of the distal one-half of all fins in Rineloricaria
baliola); narrower head, head width 74.7-83.5 (vs. 83.7-93.6%
of head length in Rineloricaria jaraguensis); 5-11
teeth in both dentary and premaxilla (vs. 12-16 teeth in each
jaw in Rineloricaria
latirostris); plated abdomen (vs. naked or almost naked
in Rineloricaria malabarbai and Rineloricaria maquinensis);
and short dorsal unbranched principal caudal-fin ray (vs. dorsal
unbranched principal caudal-fin ray produced in a filament in
Rineloricaria pentamaculata). Habitat:
Occurs in watercourses with slow to fast flow, clear to brown
water with rocky, sandy, or muddy bottom. Encountered in polluted
waters. Aquarium Care: As with all Rineloricaria
provide long leaved plants or bamboo stalks for them to hang
on to. Diet: Omnivore. Vegetable food such
as cucumber and other various foods such as tablet, flake and
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Synonyms: |
Loricaria microlepidogaster |
Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
South America:
Laguna dos Patos basin, Brazil. Type locality:
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. |
Size: |
19.0cm. (7½ins) |
Temp: |
22-26°c (71-79°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.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011. FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version
Rodriguez, M.S. and R.E. Reis, 2008. Taxonomic
review of Rineloricaria (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the
Laguna dos Patos drainage, Southern Brazil, with the descriptions
of two new species and the recognition of two species groups.
Copeia 2008(2):333-349. |
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