Loricariichthys labialis
Boulenger, 1895
Synonyms
acari (por)
maimingué (es)
rapa-canoa (por)
vieja (es)
vieja de agua (es)
maimingué (es)
rapa-canoa (por)
vieja (es)
vieja de agua (es)
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Chaco, San Pedro, Entre Rios, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Central, Ñeembucú, Concepción
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
rio São Lourenço | río Jejuí Guazú | río Salado ⇒ rio Paraguai = río Paraguay ➙ río Paraná | río Uruguay ⇒ Río de la Plata ➙ Atlantic SE
˜[ -23.897,-57.293 ]
Substrate
mud
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: note lips
lip breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
absent
I / 5 rays
filament upper
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
filament upper
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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. 338
- Boulenger, 1895 "Fishes from Matto Grosso and Paraguay" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 4, P. 527)
- 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. 46)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 81)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 270)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
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