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Rhadinoloricaria rhami (Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1983)

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Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (2) Kiruya Momochi (2)

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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. Etymology: The genus name Rhadinoloricaria: rhadinós, slender, lithe or tapering, referring to acute snout of R. macromystax (Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker, pers. comm.); Loricaria, type genus of family. The specific name rhami: In honour of Swiss ichthyologist and aquarist Patrick de Rham (1936–2022), who led the authors’ expedition to Peru and helped collect the type series.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Crossoloricaria rhami

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

Peru: Rio Chio, Rio Yuruá, Rio Ucayali

Size:

12.5cm (5ins)

Temp:

25-29°c (77-85°f)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

IUCN Red List

This species is listed as Least Concern because it is widely distributed, is common, is present in protected areas and because there are no major widespread threats currently affecting its population, but it does need updating (IUCN 2016).

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.
Chuctaya, J., Arguello, P. & Sanchez-Duarte, P. 2016. Crossoloricaria rhami. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.
Evers, H.-G. & I.Seidel: Mergus, Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1, 1st English edn., 2005. Pp.944.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2026 ).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
www.suedamerikafans.de

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Rhadinoloricaria rhami

Rhadinoloricaria rhami
Ventral view of mouth

Rhadinoloricaria rhami
Dorsal view

Rhadinoloricaria rhami
Ventral view

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