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Rineloricaria morrowi Fowler, 1940

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Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (2) Karsten Schönherr (1)

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Aquarium Care: As with all Rineloricaria provide long leaved plants or bamboo stalks for them to hang on to. Also include rocks and bogwood into the aquarium with a sand substrate. Provide some pvc piping for breeding purposes. (See article for the breeding of Rineloricaria sp.). A good community tank fish if kept with non aggressive species. Diet: Omnivore. Vegetable food such as cucumber and other various foods such as tablet, flake and frozen.

Common Name:

Yellow suckermouth catfish

Synonyms:

Hemiloricaria morrowi

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Ucayali River basin, Peru. Type locality: Ucayali River basin, Contamana, Peru.

Size:

16.5cm. (6½ins)

Temp:

22-26°c (71-79°f)

p.H.

6.2-7.2.

Reference:

Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl, 1991. Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Loricariidae - Loricariinae (Armored catfishes). p. 330-350. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version.

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Rineloricaria morrowi

Rineloricaria morrowi

Rineloricaria morrowi
Requena Province, Peru

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