Proloricaria prolixa/Loricaria prolixa
Isbrücker & Njissen, 1978
proxilus (lat.) - streched out
Synonyms
Giant Whiptail
Loricaria prolixa
Loricaria prolixa
Length (total)
approx. 35 cm
Standard length (documented)
346.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Weight
0.377 kg
Temperature
16 - 22 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.0
Paraná, São Paulo
Brazil
rio Piracicaba → rio Tietê || rio Pardo ⇒ rio Grande | rio Tibagi → rio Paranapanema ⇒ río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE
[ -22.750,-47.667 ]
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
lip breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
Sympatric with
Hisonotus marapoama
Hypostomus albopunctatus
Hypostomus ancistroides
Hypostomus butantanis
Hypostomus fluviatilis
Hypostomus margaritifer
Hypostomus multidens
Hypostomus nigromaculatus (LDA 12)
Hypostomus regani
Hypostomus strigaticeps
Hypostomus topavae
Imparfinis borodini
Imparfinis mirini
Liposarcus anisitsi
Proloricaria lentiginosa
Proloricaria lentiginosa
Pseudopimelodus mangurus
Rhamdia quelen
Rhinodoras dorbignyi
Rineloricaria latirostris
Tatia neivai
Trachelyopterus coriaceus
Acestrorhynchus lacustris
Apareiodon affinis
Apareiodon ibitiensis
Apareiodon piracicabae
Astyanax altiparanae
Astyanax bockmanni
Astyanax fasciatus
Astyanax lacustris
Astyanax paranae
Astyanax schubarti
Astyanax sp. aff. fasciatus
Brycon nattereri
Bryconamericus stramineus
Bryconamericus turiuba
Characidium gomesi
Characidium zebra
Cichlasoma paranaense
Coptodon rendalli
Corydoras difluviatilis
Crenicichla britskii
Crenicichla jaguarensis
Cyphocharax modestus
Eigenmannia gr. trilineata
Hypostomus albopunctatus
Hypostomus ancistroides
Hypostomus butantanis
Hypostomus fluviatilis
Hypostomus margaritifer
Hypostomus multidens
Hypostomus nigromaculatus (LDA 12)
Hypostomus regani
Hypostomus strigaticeps
Hypostomus topavae
Imparfinis borodini
Imparfinis mirini
Liposarcus anisitsi
Proloricaria lentiginosa
Proloricaria lentiginosa
Pseudopimelodus mangurus
Rhamdia quelen
Rhinodoras dorbignyi
Rineloricaria latirostris
Tatia neivai
Trachelyopterus coriaceus
Acestrorhynchus lacustris
Apareiodon affinis
Apareiodon ibitiensis
Apareiodon piracicabae
Astyanax altiparanae
Astyanax bockmanni
Astyanax fasciatus
Astyanax lacustris
Astyanax paranae
Astyanax schubarti
Astyanax sp. aff. fasciatus
Brycon nattereri
Bryconamericus stramineus
Bryconamericus turiuba
Characidium gomesi
Characidium zebra
Cichlasoma paranaense
Coptodon rendalli
Corydoras difluviatilis
Crenicichla britskii
Crenicichla jaguarensis
Cyphocharax modestus
Eigenmannia gr. trilineata
Eigenmannia trilineata
Galeocharax gulo
Geophagus brasiliensis
Geophagus gr. brasiliensis
Gymnotus inaequilabiatus
Gymnotus sp. aff. carapo
Gymnotus sylvius
Hisonotus sp.
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
Hoplias cf. malabaricus
Hoplias intermedius
Hoplias sp. aff. malabaricus
Hyphessobrycon eques
Hypostomus sp.
Knodus sp. aff. moenkhausii
Leporellus vittatus
Leporinus amblyrhynchus
Leporinus friderici
Leporinus lacustris
Leporinus octofasciatus
Leporinus paranensis
Leporinus striatus
Lepthoplosternum pectorale
Metynnis mola
Moenkhausia intermedia
Myloplus tiete
Oligosarcus pintoi
Oreochromis niloticus
Parodon nasus
Piabarchus stramineus
Piabina argentea
Plagioscion squamosissimus
Poecillia reticulata
Prochilodus lineatus
Roeboides descalvadensis
Salminus hilarii
Schizodon borelli
Schizodon nasutus
Serrapinnus notomelas
Serrasalmus maculatus
Serrasalmus marginatus
Steindachnerina insculpta
Sternophygus macrurus
Synbranchus marmoratus
Triportheus nematurus
Galeocharax gulo
Geophagus brasiliensis
Geophagus gr. brasiliensis
Gymnotus inaequilabiatus
Gymnotus sp. aff. carapo
Gymnotus sylvius
Hisonotus sp.
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
Hoplias cf. malabaricus
Hoplias intermedius
Hoplias sp. aff. malabaricus
Hyphessobrycon eques
Hypostomus sp.
Knodus sp. aff. moenkhausii
Leporellus vittatus
Leporinus amblyrhynchus
Leporinus friderici
Leporinus lacustris
Leporinus octofasciatus
Leporinus paranensis
Leporinus striatus
Lepthoplosternum pectorale
Metynnis mola
Moenkhausia intermedia
Myloplus tiete
Oligosarcus pintoi
Oreochromis niloticus
Parodon nasus
Piabarchus stramineus
Piabina argentea
Plagioscion squamosissimus
Poecillia reticulata
Prochilodus lineatus
Roeboides descalvadensis
Salminus hilarii
Schizodon borelli
Schizodon nasutus
Serrapinnus notomelas
Serrasalmus maculatus
Serrasalmus marginatus
Steindachnerina insculpta
Sternophygus macrurus
Synbranchus marmoratus
Triportheus nematurus
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 337
- Isbrücker, I.J.H. & Nijssen, H., 1978 "Two new species and a new genus of neotropical mailed catfishes of the subfamily Loricariinae Swainson, 1838 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vo. 27 No. 339, P. 188)
- Thomas, M.R.; Rodriguez, S.R.; Cavallaro, M.R.; Froehlich, O. & Correa e Castro, R.M., 2013 "Loricaria luciae, a new species of whiptail catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay and lower Paraná River basins of southeastern South America" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3745 No. 3, P. 376)
- Covain, R.; Fisch-Muller, S.; Oliveira, C.; Mol, J.H.; Montoya-Burgos, J.I. & Dray, S., 2016 "Molecular phylogeny of the highly diversified catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) reveals incongruences with morphological classification" (abstract) (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 94 Pt. B, P. 515)
- Frota, A.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Petenucci, L.M. & Graça, W.J. da, 2016 "Inventory of the fish fauna from Ivaí River basin, Paraná State, Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 16 No. 3, P. 6)
- Ota, R.R.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Graça, W.J. da & Pavanelli, C.S., 2018 "Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 2, P. 77)
- Castro Ribeiro, D. de; Araújo Chagas, J.M.; Ribeiro Thereza, M. & Langeani, F., 2019 "Checklist and key for the identification of fish fauna of the Uberaba River, Upper Paraná River system, Brazil" (ZooKeys, Vol. 875, P. 137)
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