Rhinotocinclus britskii

Boeseman, 1974
Parotocinclus cf. britskii, Rio Xingú
dedicated Heraldo Britski
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Tribe
 
Subgenus / Species group
Synonyms
Parotocinclus britskii
Length (total)
approx.  3 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 29 °C

Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Essequibo River ⇒ Atlantic NE, Río Orinoco
Map to Rhinotocinclus britskii
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
 
 
 
not known
  • Boeseman, M., 1974 "On two Surinam species of Hypoptopomatinae, both new to science (Loricariidae, Siluriformes, Ostariophysi)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences)) P. 251
  • Garavello, J.C., 1989 "Three new species of parotocinclus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889 with comments on their geographical distribution (pisces, loricariidae)" (Naturalia) P. 124
  • Schaefer, S. A. & Provenzano, F., 1993 "The Guyana Shield Parotocinclus: systematics, biogeography, and description of a new Venezuelan species (Siluroidei: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 42
  • Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 326
Pic. 2: Parotocinclus cf. britskii, Rio Xingú
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