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Rineloricaria platyura (Müller & Troschel 1849)

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Erlend D. Bertelsen (3)

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In some quarters this is stated as being the same species as L042. Aquarium Care: Reported as quite an easy species to keep and breed. Provide tubes of approx. 2cm for breeding. 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:

None

Synonyms:

Loricaria platyura, Loricaria submarginatus, Hemiloricaria platyura

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Various coastal rivers from near Amazon mouth to Essequibo River, Guyana. Type locality: dem Rupununi [Guyana].

Size:

14.0cm. (5½ins)

Temp:

25-28°c (77-83°f)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
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. 2018. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2018 ).

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Rineloricaria platyura

Rineloricaria platyura
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