Rhinotocinclus variola
Lehmann, Schvambach & Reis, 2015
variola (lat.) Pocken, Punkte wegen der Zeichnung
Synonyms
Parotocinclus variola
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
29.3 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
23 - 27 °C
Type of water
Black water
Substrate
sand
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
absent
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
little longer at the bottom than at the top
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
- Lehmann, P.A.; Schvambach, L.J. & Reis, R.E., 2015 "A new species of the armored catfish Parotocinclus (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Amazon basin in Colombia" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 13 No. 1)
- Schäfer, F., 2015 "Parotocinclus cf. variola" (Newsletter Fa. Glaser)
- Roxo, F.F.; Costa, G.S.da & Oliveira, C., 2016 "Description of a new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes, Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Tapajós basin" (ZooKeys 634: 125–136 (2016), P. 131)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 76)
- Mojica,J.I.& Agudelo-Zamora, H.D., 2018 "Historical review, catalog of type specimens and online database of the ichthyology collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (ICN-MHN)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4478 No. 1, P. 33)
- Lehmann, P.A.; Lima, F.C.T. & Reis, R.E., 2018 "Parotocinclus yaka, a new species of armored catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Amazon basin in Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4521 No. 4, P. 590)
- Reis, R.E. & Lehmann, P.A., 2022 "A new genus of armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Greater Amazon, with a review of the species and description of five new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, 20 No. 2)
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