Loricariichthys platymetopon
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979
platus (gr.) - broad, metopo (gr.) - Stirn
Synonyms
rapa-canoa
Viola-de-cara-redonda
Viola-de-cara-redonda
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 33 cm
Standard length (documented)
299.0 mm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
➀ lago Ypacarai near San Bernardino, río Alegre, río Aquidaban = río Aquido Canigi, rio Branco = río Cabixi, río Colastiné, río Confuso, río Coronda, río Jaurú, río Salado, ➀ rio Taquari = ribeirão Taquari, ➀ río Tebicuary, arroyo Tobati, ➀ lago Janauaca, ➀ río Guaporé = río Iténez -, ➀ río Paraguay = rio Paraguai -, lower ➀ río Paraná = rio Paraná -, lower / middle ➀ río Uruguay = rio Uruguai basin
Chaco, Santa Fé, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Central, Concepción, Presidente Hayes, Canendiyu, Paraguary, San Pedro
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela
río Guaporé → río Mamoré → rio Madeira → Amazonas → Atlantic NE ↓ río Piribebuy ➙ río Yhaguy ➙ río Manduvira | rio Taquari | río Salado ⇒ rio Paraguai = río Paraguay → río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE
[ -25.283,-57.320 ]
Substrate
mud
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
detritus, inverbrates (aquatic) (invertebrates (aquatic)), (sand), algae, amoebas, inverbrates (invertebrates ), inverbrates (terrestrial) (invertebrates (terrestris)), diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), Copepods (Copepoda), ostracods (Ostracoden), vegetable fibers, diptera (Diptera), insects
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Can breathe atmospheric
yes
from genus: note lips
lip breeder
yes
Catfish Atlas 1
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 339
- Seidel, Ingo: "Lippenbrüter in ihren natürlichen Lebensräumen"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Aug./Sep. 2015)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H. & Nijssen, H., 1979 "Three new South American mailed catfishes of the genera Rineloricaria and Loricariichthys (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Vol. 48 No. 2, P. 191)
- Ota, R.R.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Graça, W.J. da & Pavanelli, C.S., 2018 "Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 2, P. 77)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2021 "A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini" (PlosOne)
- Gimênes Junior, H. & Rech, R. , 2022 "Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno"
- Silva, G.H.; Zeni, J.O. & Langeani, F., 2025 "Head morphology and diet of whiptail catfishes (Loricariidae: Loricariinae)" (Neotropical ichthyology, Vol. 21 No. 3)
- Malabarba, L.R.;Hirschmann,A.; Lucena,C.A.S. de; Giora,J.; Wingert,J.M.; Ferrer,J.; Silva,P.C ; Angrizani,R.C.; Costa Ramos,R. da; Kullander,S.; Carvalho,T.P.; Bertaco,V.; Fialho,C.B. & Bonato,K.O., 2025 "Guia Peixes do Bioma Pampa"
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
H. P. Risch
1, 2, 3, 4
Armin Ackermann
5, 6, 7
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