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Rhadinoloricaria rhami (Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1983)

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Relevant Information:

Aquarium Care: Likes to bury itself in a deep sandy bottom substrate with only the eyes being visible so you would need to provide this for aquarium maintenance. Diet: Feed with tablet foods, frozen mosquito larvae, daphnia etc.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Crossoloricaria rhami

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

Peru: Rio Chio, Rio Yuruá, Rio Ucayali

Size:

12.5cm (5inch)

Temp:

25-29°c (77-85°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

www.suedamerikafans.de/en/wels-datenbank/welsart/?art=658
Evers, H.-G. & I.Seidel: Mergus, Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1, 1st English edn., 2005. Pp.944.

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Rhadinoloricaria rhami

Rhadinoloricaria rhami
Ventral view of mouth

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