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Rineloricaria beni (Pearson, 1924)

 

Image contributors to this species:

Karsten Schönherr (1) Hans-Georg Evers (1) Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (2)

ScotCat Sources:

Etymology = Genus

Other Sources:

Search  Fishbase  Catalog of Fishes  Global Biodiversity Information Facility  FishNet2  iNaturalist

Relevant Information:

Description: Isbrücker & Nijssen (1976a) and Isbrücker (1981a) proposed the revalidation of Hemiloricaria Bleecker, 1862 (type species: Hemiloricaria caracasensis), but they finally left it in the synonymy of Rineloricaria because of the lack of sufficient features to split these two genera. In 2001, Isbrücker et al. revalidated Hemiloricaria and created two new genera: Fonchiiichthys (type species: Loricaria uracantha) and Leliella (type species: Rineloricaria heteroptera) on the basis of subtle differences in the sexual dimorphism (Covain, Raphael; Fisch-Muller, Sonia 2007). This is the smallest of the Hemiloricaria/Rineloricaria and is a reasonably easy species to breed. Reproduction: The female lays up to 80 orange to brown eggs in a narrow diameter pipe of at least 1.2 cm. Aquarium Care: Non problematic in a community or species tank with good water parameters. Diet: Omnivore. Vegetable food such as cucumber and other various foods such as tablet, flake and frozen. Remarks: First imported from a collecting trip in 1997 by Swiss aquarists. More information on this species can be found in the Catfish Atlas Volume 1 as referenced.

Common Name:

Dwarf whiptail catfish

Synonyms:

Loricaria beni, Hemiloricaria beni

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

Bolivia: Beni River basin. Type locality: Lagoons, Lake Rogoagua, Beni River basin, Bolivia.

Size:

8.0cm. (3¼ins)

Temp:

23-26°c (73-77°f)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Covain, Raphael; Fisch-Muller, Sonia (2007). "The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis" Zootaxa. 1462: 1–40.
Evers, H.-G. & I.Seidel: Mergus, Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1, 1st English edn., 2005. Pp.944.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.



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