Rhinotocinclus yaka
Lehmann, Lima & Reis, 2018
yaka - common name for non-loricariine loricariids in languages of Tukano and Tuyuka
Synonyms
Parotocinclus yaka
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
30.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
Type of water
Black water
Flow
small
In water
branches
On the riverbank
forest
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
present
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
7 soft rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
7 soft 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.; 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)
- 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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