Rineloricaria
stewarti (Eigenmann 1909) |
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contributors to this species: |
Allan James (1)
Raphail Covain (1) |
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Lives in forest creeks where the
water is clear and fast moving with medium sunny conditions,
shallow depth (10-60 cm) and sandy-rocky substrate along with
Corydoras
guianensis, Moenkhausia oligolepis and Phenacogaster
cf. megalostictus. Mature males develop some odontodes
on each side of the head as well as some odontodes elongated
towards the back of the interorbitals. There are two undescrbed
Rineloricaria species that occur in Suriname, one species
is known from the Corantijn and Nickerie rivers and the second
species is known from the Marowijne River (R. Covain). This
species can still be found under Hemiloricaria stewarti.
Issbrücker (Issbrücker in Issbrücker et al, 2001)
declared the synonymity of Rineloricaria and Hemiloricaria
as no longer valid, and the latter again as an independent genus.
The differences between the two genera are based on the positions
of the males bristles and the top caudal filament on adult Hemiloricaria
which is absent on Rinelolricaria. Aquarium
Care: Habitat in the wild is forest creeks with moderate
current, sandy bottom and clear water. Diet: Omnivore.
Vegetable food such as cucumber and other various foods such
as tablet, flake and frozen. |
Common
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None |
Synonyms: |
Loricaria stewarti, Hemiloricaria
stewarti |
Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
South America:
Coastal rivers of the Guianas and upper Branco River basin:
French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname. Type locality:
Chipoo Creek, a tributary of the Ireng [Guyana]. |
Size: |
10cm. (4ins) |
Temp: |
25-28°c (77-83°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0-7.0. |
Reference: |
Mol, H.A. Jan,
The Freshwater Fishes of Suriname. BRILL, Leiden Boston, 2012.
889 p.
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.
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.
Fisch-Muller, S., J.I. Montoya-Burgos, P.-Y. Le Bail
and R. Covain, 2012. Diversity of the Ancistrini (Siluriformes:
Locariidae) from the Guianas: the Panaque group, a molecular
appraisal with description of new species. Cybium 36(1):163-193.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2018.FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2018
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