Hemiloricaria melini/Rineloricaria melini
Schindler, 1959
Synonyms
Apachen-Hexenwels
Dappled Whiptail Catfish
Loricariichthys melini
Orangefleck Prachthexenwels
Rineloricaria melini
Dappled Whiptail Catfish
Loricariichthys melini
Orangefleck Prachthexenwels
Rineloricaria melini
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Standard length (documented)
129.5 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
26 - 29 °C
pH
4.5 - 6.5
Type of water
Black water
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
multiple
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Schindler, O., 1959 "Loricariichthys melini nov. spec." (Arkiv för Zoologi) P. 387
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 343
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 P.718 - 721
- Azas, Juan Miguel Artigas: "Ein Trip auf dem Río Negro"
(Amazonas Juli / August 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 108)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H.; Seidel, I.; Michels, J.P., Schraml, R. & Werner,A., 2001 "Diagnose vierzehn neuer Gattungen der Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Teleostei, Ostariophysi)" (DATZ Sonderheft Harnischwelse 2, 2, P. 23)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 246)
- Krings, W.; Konn‑Vetterlein, D.; Hausdorf, B. & Gorb, S.N., 2023 "Holding in the stream: convergent evolution of suckermouth structures in Loricariidae (Siluriformes)" (Frontiers in Zoology, Vol. 20 No. 1, P. 37)
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for the pictures
1, 2
Armin Ackermann
3, 5
Ingo Seidel
4
T. Pfeiffer
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Alex Schuster
12, 13
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