Loricaria cataphracta
Linnaeus, 1758
(Type species)
Synonyms
has Loricaria carinata
has Loricaria cirrhosa
has Loricaria dentata
has Loricaria dura
has Loricaria setifera
has Plecostomus flagellaris
Plecostomus cataphracta
Acari (BRA)
Achiwa (F)
Atomba (F)
Cachimbo (BRA)
Chichiwa (F)
Goré-fwèt (F)
Krakakoe (F)
Lapipi (F)
paleta
rabo de yuca
Raspacanoa
Santipiwi (F)
Sinwa (F)
Sisiou (F)
tablita
Tatoulouway (F)
has Loricaria cirrhosa
has Loricaria dentata
has Loricaria dura
has Loricaria setifera
has Plecostomus flagellaris
Plecostomus cataphracta
Acari (BRA)
Achiwa (F)
Atomba (F)
Cachimbo (BRA)
Chichiwa (F)
Goré-fwèt (F)
Krakakoe (F)
Lapipi (F)
paleta
rabo de yuca
Raspacanoa
Santipiwi (F)
Sinwa (F)
Sisiou (F)
tablita
Tatoulouway (F)
Length (total)
approx. 35 cm
Standard length (documented)
295.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Weight
0.053 kg
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Brazil, Surinam, Guyana, Französisch-Guyana
Atlantic NE
[ 5.702,-53.996 ]
Type of water
Clear water, Brackish water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
inverbrates (aquatic) (invertebrates (aquatic)), detritus, (sand), amoebas, inverbrates (terrestrial) (invertebrates (terrestris)), zooplankton, algae, diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), vegetable fibers
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
approx. 10.0 cm
lip breeder
yes
Aquaristik aktuell 3/97
4 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft 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
- Linné, Carl & Salvius, Lars, 1758 "Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae"
- Bloch, M.E.; Hennig, J.F. & Schneider, J.T.G., 1801 "M.E. Blochii ... Systema ichthyologiae iconibus CX illustratum" (Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum, P. 1)
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Panzerwelse des k. k. Hof-Naturalien-Cabinetes zu Wien - I. Loricarinae" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 6, P. 65)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 291)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 292)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1972 "The identity of the South Amercian catfish Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758, with redescription of the orginal type specimens of four other Loricaria species (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 19 No. 255)
- Schmidt, Robert E., 2001 "Loricaria cataphracta: parental care and description of early larvae" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 12 Nr. 4, P. 235)
- Mérona, B. de; Hugueny, B.; Tejerina-Garro, F.L. & Gautheret, E., 2008 "Diet-morphology relationship in a fish assemblage from a medium-sized river of French Guiana: The effect of species taxonomic proximity" (Aquatic Living Resources, Vol. 21 No. 2)
- Alcalá, C.A.L. & Sánchez-Duarte, P., 2011 "Los Peces del delta del Orinoco" (Fundaciión la Salle de Ciencas Naturales, P. 201)
- Collins, R.A.; Ribeiro, E.D.; Machado, V.N.; Hrbek, T. & Farias,I.P. , 2015 "A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nhamundá, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes)" (Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e4162)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Garcia-Melo, J.E.; Peña-Bermudez, M.E.; Melo-Ortiz, O.E.; Ordoñez, O.S.; Correa, S.B.; Carvalho;T.P. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2024 "Fishes (Actinopterygii) of the rapids and associated environments in the lower Vaupés River Basin: an undiscovered Colombian Amazon diversity" (ZooKeys, Vol. 1203, P. 131)
- Silva, G.H.; Zeni, J.O. & Langeani, F., 2025 "Head morphology and diet of whiptail catfishes (Loricariidae: Loricariinae)" (Neotropical ichthyology, Vol. 21 No. 3)
- Sousa França, F.M.de & Gubiani, E.A., 2025 "Length-weight and length-length relationships for freshwater fish species from the lower Araguaia River, Tocantins-Araguaia basin, Tocantins State, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 23 No. 1)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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Shastri Ballyram
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Hans-Georg Evers
4, 5
Yecid Rojas-Molina
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Francis de Castelnau (PD)
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