Hemiloricaria beni/Rineloricaria beni
Pearson, 1924
Synonyms
Whiptail Catfish
Zwerghexenwels
Zwerghexenwels
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
78.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
18 - 26 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
With two open sides
Catfish Atlas 1
from
to
Quantity
150
Temp.
25
29
pH
5.80
8.10
GH
KH
NO³
Cond.
200
500
There are animals around 15 cm. Whether it is the same species is uncertain.
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Knaack, J., 2002 "Ein neuer Prachthexenwels aus Paraguay: Hemiloricaria aurata n. sp. (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Aquaristik aktuell) P. 59
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 341
- Schiller, Erik: "Rineloricaria beni 'gold'. ein Zwerg unter den Hexenwelsen"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Schiller, Erik: "Betrifft: 'Zwerghexenwels'"
(DATZ 07/2014 – “Wels-Presseschau”) - Seidel, Ingo: "Harnischwels-Zwerge – Loricariiden für kleine Aquarien"
(DATZ Dezember 2018)
- Pearson, Nathan E., 1924 "The Fishes of the Eastern Slope of the Andes - I. The Fishes of the Rio Beni Basin, Bolivia, Collected by the Mulford Expedition" (Indiana University Studies, Vol. 11, P. 24)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 103)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1981 "Revision of Loricaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 31 No. 3, P. 87)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H.; Seidel, I.; Michels, J.P., Schraml, R. & Werner,A., 2001 "Diagnose vierzehn neuer Gattungen der Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Teleostei, Ostariophysi)" (DATZ Sonderheft Harnischwelse 2, 2, P. 23)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 245)
- PCF
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Hans-Georg Evers
1, 2
Ingo Seidel
3
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