Farlowella paranaense
Meinken, 1937
according to the origin Rio Paraná
Synonyms
Farlowella paranaensis
Length (total)
approx. 28 cm
Standard length (documented)
132.9 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.0
Type of water
White water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
substrate breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
After finding the Holotypes it is questionable whether F. Paranaense is a synonymous for F. amazona
not known
- Meinken, H., 1937 "Beiträge zur Fischfauna des mittleren Paranà III" (Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde) P. 73
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 332
- 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. 100)
- Retzer, M.E. & Page, L.M., 1997 "Systematics of the stick catfishes, farlowella eigenmann & eigenmann (pisces, loricariidae)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 147, P. 69)
- López, H.L.; Miquelarena,A.M. & Menni, R.C., 2003 "Lista comentada de los peces continentales de la Argentina" (ProBiota, Serie Técnica y Didáctica, No. 5, P. 45)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 237)
- Azpelicueta, M. & Koerber, S., 2015 "Finding of the holotype of Farlowella paranaense Meinken, 1937"
- Marajó, L.; Viana, P.F.; Ferreira, M.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. & Feldberg, E., 2018 "Cytogenetics of two Farlowella species (Loricariidae: Loricariinae): implications on the taxonomic status of the species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 4, P. 4)
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