Hemiloricaria eigenmanni/Rineloricaria eigenmanni
Pellegrin, 1908
dedicated Carl Eigenmann
Synonyms
Apachen-Hexenwels
Common Whiptail Catfish
Hemiloricaria sp. "Venezuela"
Loricaria eigenmanni
Orangefleck-Prachthexenwels
Rineloricaria eigenmanni
Rineloricaria sp. "Rio Putomayo"
Common Whiptail Catfish
Hemiloricaria sp. "Venezuela"
Loricaria eigenmanni
Orangefleck-Prachthexenwels
Rineloricaria eigenmanni
Rineloricaria sp. "Rio Putomayo"
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
101.5 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
24 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water, White water
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.
22
30
pH
5.00
7.40
GH
KH
0
1
NO³
Cond.
100
999
I / 5 rays
incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
dark point at the base of the fin
I / 7 rays
dark stripes/ribbons
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
dark point at the base of the fin
I / 7 rays
dark stripes/ribbons
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 342
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 P.699
- Seidel, Ingo: "Portrait Hemiloricaria eigenmanni"
(DATZ 10/2009 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Pellegrin, Dr. Jacques , 1908 "Description de deux poissons nouveaux de L'Amérique du Sud, de la famille des Loricariidés" (Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, Vol. 33, P. 125)
- 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)
- Seidel, Ingo, 2012 "Deutsche Nachzuchten vom Orangefleck-Prachthexenwels" (Newsletter aqua-global)
- Vera-Alcaraz, H.S.; Pavanelli, C.S. & Zawadzki, H.Z., 2012 "Taxonomic revision of the Rineloricaria species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay River basin" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 10 No. 2)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 78)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 74)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2, 3
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