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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