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Rineloricaria wolfei Fowler 1940

Image contributors to this species:

Hans-Georg Evers (1) Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (3)

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Relevant Information:

Aquarium Care: Reported as quite an easy species to keep and breed. Provide tubes of approx. 2cm for breeding. Diet: Omnivore. Vegetable food such as cucumber and other various foods such as tablet, flake and frozen. Remarks: More information on this species can be found in the Catfish Atlas volume 1 as referenced.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Hemiloricaria wolfei

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

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

Size:

12.0cm. (4¾ins)

Temp:

25-28°c (77-83°f)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

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.

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Rineloricaria wolfei

Rineloricaria wolfei

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