Description:
Possesses the characters of the sandy group except
that the snout tip with a globular protuberance of
naked skin, not reaching anteriormost pore of infraorbital
ramus of sensory canal, and variably with a dorsal-fin
spinelet. Can be diagnosed from all other congeners
by its colour pattern consisting of numerous dark
and vermiculated spots on a light brown background.
Differs from the species in the sandy group by the
globular protuberance at snout tip (except for Rineloricaria
misionera);
and from Rineloricaria misionera by having
fully plated abdomen and usually with four or five
series of plates between the lateral abdominal plates.
Habitat: Inhabits slow to fast flowing
watercourses, with clear to brown water and with sandy
and/or muddy bottom. Aquarium Care:
As with all Rineloricaria provide long leaved
plants or bamboo stalks for them to hang on to. Diet:
Omnivore. Vegetable food such as cucumber and other
various foods such as tablet, flake and frozen.
Common
Name:
Santa Cruz Whiptail Catfish
Synonyms:
Loricaria strigilata
Family:
Loricariidae
Distribution:
South America:
Throughout most of the Laguna dos Patos drainage,
Brazil. Type locality: Südbrasilien,
in eimen steinigen Bache bei Santa Cruz.
Size:
14.0cm. (5½ins)
Temp:
21-24°c (69-75°f.)
p.H.
6.0-7.0.
Reference:
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary
types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.
2020. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2020 ). Rodriguez, M.S.
and R.E. Reis, 2008. Taxonomic review of
Rineloricaria (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the
Laguna dos Patos drainage, Southern Brazil, with the
descriptions of two new species and the recognition
of two species groups. Copeia 2008(2):333-349.
Rineloricaria
strigilata Laguna de Arnaud, Uruguay
Rineloricaria
strigilata Dorsal view-Laguna de Arnaud, Uruguay
Rineloricaria
strigilata Ventral view-Laguna de Arnaud, Uruguay
Rineloricaria
strigilata
Rineloricaria
strigilata Dorsal view
Rineloricaria
strigilata Head view
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