Hemiloricaria parva/Rineloricaria parva
Boulenger, 1895
parva (lat.) - small
Synonyms
rabo-de-chicote
Violinha-chicote
Chaetostoma alternifasciatum
Common Whiptail Catfish
Hemiloricaria sp. "Pantanal"
LG 4 (Welsatlas 1, Auflage 2)
LG 6 (Welsatlas 1, Auflage 1)
Loricaria parva
Marmorierter Hexenwels
Rineloricaria parva
Sturisomatichthys "foerschi"
Whiptail Catfish
Violinha-chicote
Chaetostoma alternifasciatum
Common Whiptail Catfish
Hemiloricaria sp. "Pantanal"
LG 4 (Welsatlas 1, Auflage 2)
LG 6 (Welsatlas 1, Auflage 1)
Loricaria parva
Marmorierter Hexenwels
Rineloricaria parva
Sturisomatichthys "foerschi"
Whiptail Catfish
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
120.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.0 - 7.0
Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Concepción (PGY)
Argentina, Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay
río Aquidaban ⇒ río Paraguay → río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE
Flow
no - small
Substrate
sand
In water
Makrophyten
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
detritus
Eats plants
nein
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
multiple
from
to
Quantity
Temp.
26
26
pH
7.60
7.60
GH
8
8
KH
4
4
NO³
Cond.
270
270
5 soft rays
(9 -) 10 soft rays
I / (8 -) 7 (- 8) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
(9 -) 10 soft rays
I / (8 -) 7 (- 8) rays
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 343
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 1 (2002) P.730 - 732
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 (2005) P.808 - 808
- Evers, Hans-Georg: "Wiedersehen mit dem Rio Mutum"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Boulenger, 1895 "Fishes from Matto Grosso and Paraguay" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 4, P. 527)
- Ghazzi, M.S., 2008 "Nove espécies novas do gênero Rineloricaria (Siluriformes,Loricariidae) do rio Uruguai, do sul do Brasil" (Iheringia. Série Zoologia, Vol. 98 No. 1, P. 102)
- 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)
- 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, P. 302)
- Gimênes Junior, H. & Rech, R. , 2022 "Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno"
- Malabarba, L.R.;Hirschmann,A.; Lucena,C.A.S. de; Giora,J.; Wingert,J.M.; Ferrer,J.; Silva,P.C ; Angrizani,R.C.; Costa Ramos,R. da; Kullander,S.; Carvalho,T.P.; Bertaco,V.; Fialho,C.B. & Bonato,K.O., 2025 "Guia Peixes do Bioma Pampa"
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