zaina = dark brown to black "coat" of horses and cattle. Because of the dark coloring several individuals.
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
126.7 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
20 - 25 °C
rio Buricá near Independência, rio Abaúna, rio Comandaí, rio Conceição, rio Dourado, unnamed creek to rio Ijuizinho, rio dos Índios, rio Piratini = rio Piratinim, arroio Quaraizinho, arroio Santana, rio Teixeira Soares, arroio do Tigre = arroio Lajeado do Tigre, rio do Engano, riacho Grade, rio Jacutinga, rio do Peixe, arroyo Yaboti Guazú Mini, ➀ rio Uruguai basin
Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Misiones
Argentina, Brazil
rio Piraçucê ➙ rio Apuaê | rio Jaguari ➙ rio Ibicuí | rio Buricá | rio Ijuí | rio Passo Fundo ⇒ rio Uruguai ➙ río de la Plata
˜[ -27.897,-54.108 ]
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
 
absent
I / 5 rays
10 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
10 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 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
- 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. 108)
- Almirón, A.; Casciotta, J.; Piálek, L.; Diáz, F.R. & Říčan, O., 2014 "First record of Rineloricaria reisi, R. stellata and R. zaina (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Río Uruguay basin in Argentina" (CheckList, Vol. 10 No. 6, P. 1530)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 420)
- PCF
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