Metaloricaria nijsseni
Boeseman, 1976
dedicated Han Nijssen, dutch ichthyologist
Synonyms
Harttia nijsseni
Length (total)
approx. 35 cm
Standard length (documented)
295.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.5 - 6.5
Sipaliwini, Para (SUR), Saramacca, Nickerie
Suriname
Coeroeni River ⇒ Corantijn River | Suriname River | Marowijne River ⇒ Atlantic NE
˜[ 2.289,-56.607 ]
Flow
normal - strong
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
absent
(4 -) 5 soft rays
12 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
(4 -) 5 soft rays
12 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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. 339
- Boeseman, M., 1976 "A short review of the Surinam Loricariinae; with additional information on Surinam Harttiinae, including the description of a new species (Loricariidae, Siluriformes)" (Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden), Vol. 50 No. 11, P. 170)
- 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. 96)
- Ferraris, C.J. Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 1992 "Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 535)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 272)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2021 "A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini" (PlosOne)
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