Ricola macrops
Regan, 1904
(Type species)
Synonyms
Vieja de cola (ARG)
Vieja del agua
Vieja del agua
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
210.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Flow
normal - strong
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
shells (Bivalvia), Miesmuschel-Art (Limnoperma fortunei)
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
lip breeder
from genus: yes
yes
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. 341
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 290)
- García, M.L. & Protogino, L.C., 2005 "Invasive freshwater molluscs are consumed by native fishes in South America" (Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Vol. 21 No. 1, P. 34)
- Rodriguez, M.S. & Miquelarena, A.M., 2005 "Una nueva especie de Loricaria (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) para la cuenca del río San Francisco, Jujuy, Argentina" (Anales de la Academie Nacional de Ciencias Exactis, Físicas y Naturales Buenos Aires, Vol. 55, P. 140)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 293)
- Mello, F.T. de; González-Bergonzoni, I. & Loureiro, M., 2011 "Peces de Agua Dulce del Uruguay"
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
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C. Tate Regan (1904) (PD)
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