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Crossoloricaria variegata (Steindachner, 1879)

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Description: This genus is similar looking to the Pseudohemiodon genera but the latter has bony plates on the underneath wheras Crossiloricaria is nearly naked apart from a line of small platelets along the medial ventral line. Aquarium Care: Provide hiding places and a sandy substrate where this species likes to bury itself. Diet: Insect larvae. Etymology: The specific name variegata: Latin for “of different sorts” (particularly colours), referring to its varied colour pattern, small brownish bands and spots on sides and top of head, mottled dark-purple fins (except for anal), and arrowhead-shaped spots on pelvic fins.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Loricaria variegata

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

Colombia: Mamoni, Tuira and Yape River basins in Panama; San Juan and Sinu River basins. Type locality: Mamoni (Mamoni-Flusses, bei Chepo in Isthmus von Panama)

Size:

26.5cm. (10¾ins)

Temp:

22-26°c (71-79°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Crossoloricaria variegata has a broad, trans-Andean distribution that ranges from eastern Panama southward to central Colombia. Extent of Occurrence (EOO) is estimated to be 273,147 km2. Total population size and population trend have not been quantified, but limited ichthyological surveys suggest that this species is uncommon to rare. A number of localised and regional threats exist, including land-use change and deforestation associated with agricultural expansion, widespread artisanal and commercial mining operations, and pollution from industrial and domestic wastewater discharge. While this threats are probably producing localised negative impacts on habitat availability and quality, there is currently no indication of major range-wide population declines. Therefore, C. variegata is assessed as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2020).

Reference:

Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
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. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 04/2019 ).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Crossoloricaria variegata

Crossoloricaria variegata
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