Metaloricaria paucidens
Isbrücker, 1975
(Type species)
paucus (lat.) - few, dens (lat.) - teeth, because of the small number of teeth
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
270.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
4 soft rays
12 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
12 soft rays
I / 6 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
- Drachenfels, Ernst-Otto von: "Sanfter Tourismus in Südamerika oder: ein kleiner Beitrag zum Naturerhalt"
(Amazonas November / Dezember 2018)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1975 "Metaloricaria paucidens, a new species and genus of mailed catfish from French Guiana (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences de Belgique, Biologie, Vol. 50, P. 1)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H. & Nijssen, H., 1982 "New data on Metaloricaria paucidens from French Guiana and Surinam (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Vol. 52 No. 2, P. 155)
- 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)
- 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)
- PCF
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