Rineloricaria paraibensis
Mejia & Buckup, 2024
according to the origin Paraíba do Sul
Synonyms
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
126.8 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
unnamed creek to rio Bonito, rio Aventureiro, rio do Barreiro de Baixo, rio Calçado, reservatório do Calçado, rio Pirapetinga, rio Turvo, córrego Alto da Serra, unnamed creek to rio Angu, rio Campo Belo, rio Papudos, rio Parado, rio Passa Quatro, rio das Pedras = ribeirão das Pedras, rio das Pedras, rio Piabanha, rio Pirapitinga, rio Saco, ➀ rio Paraíba do Sul = rio Parahyba basin
Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, São Paulo
Brazil
rio das Pedras ⇒ rio Piraí | rio Turvo | rio Campo Belo ⇒ rio Paraíba do Sul ⇒ Atlantic SE
[ -22.462,-44.534 ]
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
strong
Substrate
gravel, sand
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
Sympatric with
Gelanoglanis pan
Harttia carvalhoi
Harttia loricariformis
Hemiloricaria nigricauda
Hypostomus affinis
Hypostomus luetkeni
Imparfinis minutus
Neoplecostomus microps (LDA 34)
Pimelodella lateristriga
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria steindachneri
Trichomycterus macrophthalmus
Trichomycterus mariamole
Trichomycterus nigroauratus
Astyanax giton
Astyanax intermedius
Harttia carvalhoi
Harttia loricariformis
Hemiloricaria nigricauda
Hypostomus affinis
Hypostomus luetkeni
Imparfinis minutus
Neoplecostomus microps (LDA 34)
Pimelodella lateristriga
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria steindachneri
Trichomycterus macrophthalmus
Trichomycterus mariamole
Trichomycterus nigroauratus
Astyanax giton
Astyanax intermedius
Astyanax sp. aff. scabripinnis
Australoheros sp.
Brycon opalinus
Characidium lauroi
Characidium vidali
Crenicichla lepidota
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnotus pantherinus
Hoplias malabaricus
Hypomasticus mormyrops
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Oreochromis niloticus
Phalloceros harpagos
Poecilia reticulata
Scleromystax barbatus
Australoheros sp.
Brycon opalinus
Characidium lauroi
Characidium vidali
Crenicichla lepidota
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnotus pantherinus
Hoplias malabaricus
Hypomasticus mormyrops
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Oreochromis niloticus
Phalloceros harpagos
Poecilia reticulata
Scleromystax barbatus
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
- Mejia, E. & Buckup. P.A., 2024 "Species boundaries of the whiptail catfish Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraíba do Sul River drainage, southeastern Brazil, with species redescriptions and description of a new species" (abstract) (Journal of Fish Biology)
- Brito, V. de & Buckup, P.A., 2019 "The fish fauna of the upper Piraí drainage, a transposed mountain river system in southeastern, Brazil" (Check List, Vol. 15 No. 1, P. 235)
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