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Rineloricaria melini (Schindler 1959)

Image contributors to this species:

Haakon Haagensen (3) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (2) Lars Jamne (2) Zierfisch Zentrum Austria (1) Kiruya Momochi (3)

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In some online searches this species will come up as its previous name of Hemiloricaria melini. 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: A black water species that requires soft, acidic water to spawn. Diet: Omnivore. Vegetable food such as cucumber and other various foods such as tablet, flake and frozen. Etymology: Named in in honour of Swedish herpetologist Douglas Melin (1895-1946), who collected type.

Common Name:

Apache whiptail catfish

Synonyms:

Hemiloricaria melini

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon River basin, Brazil. Type Locality: Rio Solimoes beim Ort Manacapuru, nahe der Mündung des Rio Negro, Brazil.

Size:

10.0cm (4ins)

Temp:

26-29°c (79-87°f)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Rineloricaria melini is known from a single record, in its type locality, in the Solimões River, near Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil. There is no information on the current conservation status of the species, but no direct threats that could lead to its extinction have been identified. Therefore, Rineloricaria melini has been categorised as Least Concern (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Rineloricaria melini. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
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.

Family: Loricariidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Rineloricaria melini

Rineloricaria melini
Head view

Rineloricaria melini

Rineloricaria melini
Head view

Rineloricaria melini

Rineloricaria melini
Male

Rineloricaria melini

Rineloricaria melini
Head view

Rineloricaria melini
Dorsal view

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