Rhinotocinclus kwarup
Lehmann & Reis, 2021
Kwarup = Kuarup = Quarup - annual ritual of Xingu indigenous people
Synonyms
Parotocinclus kwarup
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
23.7 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
rio Couto de Magalhães near Vila São José do Couto, córrego Água Fria, ribeirão da Anta, rio Arraias, rio Azul, ribeirão Bonito, córrego da Caaporã, córrego Coronel Vanick, unnamed creek to rio Culuene, rio Etnéia, rio Ferro, rio Santo Cristo, unnamed creek to rio da Saudade, rio von der Stainer = rio Atelchu, ribeirão das Traíras, córrego Trinta = córrego 30
Mato Grosso
Brazil
rio Couto de Magalhães ⇒ rio Culuene | rio Azul → rio Manissauá-miçu | córrego Três Marias → rio Suiazinho → rio Suiá-miçu | rio Sete de Setembro | rio von der Stainer → rio Ronuro | rio Comandante Fontoura ⇒ rio Xingu → Amazonas → Atlantic NE
[ -13.838,-53.065 ]
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
small - normal
Substrate
sand, rocks
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
i / 5 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
i / 5 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
i / 5 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. & Reis R.E., 2021 "A New Species of the Armored Catfish Parotocinclus (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Upper Xingu River Basin, Brazil" (abstract) (Ichthyology & Herpetology, Vol. 109 No. 2, P. 449)
- 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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