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Rineloricaria wolfei Fowler 1940 |
Image contributors to this species: |
Hans-Georg Evers (1) Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (3) |
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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: Reported as quite an easy species to keep and breed. Provide tubes of approx. 2cm for breeding. Diet: Omnivore. Vegetable food such as cucumber and other various foods such as tablet, flake and frozen. Etymology: The specific name wolfei: is in honour of Thomas W. Wolfe (also spelled Wolf in same paper), who assisted William C. Morrow in his 1937 collecting expedition to the Ucayali River basin of Peru. Remarks: More information on this species can be found in the Catfish Atlas volume 1 as referenced. |
Common Name: |
None |
Synonyms: |
Hemiloricaria wolfei |
Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
South America: Peru, Ucayali River basin. Type locality: Ucayali River basin, Contamana, Peru. |
Size: |
12.0cm. (4¾ins) |
Temp: |
25-28°c (77-83°f) |
p.H. |
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6.5-7.2. |
Reference: |
Evers, H.-G. &
I.Seidel: Mergus,
Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1, 1st English edn.,
2005. Pp.944. |
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