Synonyms
Alcalde (COS)
Cuchara (COS)
Loricaria bransfordi
Loricaria uracantha
Rineloricaria uracantha
Zapatero (COS)
Cuchara (COS)
Loricaria bransfordi
Loricaria uracantha
Rineloricaria uracantha
Zapatero (COS)
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
26 - 29 °C
Type of water
White water
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
With two open sides
known
 
absent
I / 5 rays
10 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 5 rays
10 soft rays
I / 7 rays
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 344
- Dittmar, Dr. H., 2004 "Ein Hexenwels aus Panama" (Das Aquarium) P. 28
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 (2005) P.692
- Katzschmann, Anja & Behr, Norman: "Fischfang im Land der Roten Aras: Costa Rica"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni/Juli 2019)
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- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; & Camargo, M., 1997 "Peces del Catatumbo" (Asociación Cravo Norte, P. 91)
- Bussing, W.A., 1998 "Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica" (Revista de Biología Tropical, Vol. 46 No. 2, P. 162)
- 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. 17)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 240)
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