von aurum - golden
Synonyms
Rineloricaria aurata
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
83.5 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
río Aquidaban near Paso Barreto, ➀ río Guaporé = río Iténez, córrego Cancela, unnamed creek to rio Cuiabá = rio Canabu, rio Galera, rio Manso, rio Miranda, rio Mutum, rio Novo, rio Sararé = rio Pixaim, ➀ río Paraguay = rio Paraguai, unnamed creek to ➀ río Apa, arroyo Carimbatay, arroyo Guazu, río Jejuí Guazú, río Piribebuy, río Tebicuary-mi, unnamed creek to río Yhaguy, Pantanal
córrego Estorda, rio Papagaio, arroyo Maya, río Mboi, rio Taboco, rio Abobral, río Jejuí-mí, arroyo Pira-Cajón, córrego Forquilha, córrego Quebra-Canela, riacho Figueira,
córrego Estorda, rio Papagaio, arroyo Maya, río Mboi, rio Taboco, rio Abobral, río Jejuí-mí, arroyo Pira-Cajón, córrego Forquilha, córrego Quebra-Canela, riacho Figueira,
Concepción, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul,Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Caaguazú, Canindeyú, Guairá
Brazil, Paraguay
rio Galera ➙ río Guaporé → río Mamoré → rio Madeira → Amazonas → Atlantic NE ↓rio Cuiabá ⇒ río Manduvira | rio São Lourenço | río Tebicuary ⇒ río Paraguay → río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE ↓
[ -23.062,-57.393 ]
High above sea level
~88 m
Type of water
Clear water
In water
submerged plants
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
 
absent
I / 5 rays
(9 -) 10 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
filament upper
II / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
I / 5 rays
(9 -) 10 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
filament upper
II / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
Sympatric with
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
- Knaack, J., 2002 "Ein neuer Prachthexenwels aus Paraguay: Hemiloricaria aurata n. sp. (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Aquaristik aktuell) P. 56
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 245)
- Vera-Alcaraz, H.S.; Pavanelli, C.S. & Zawadzki, H.Z., 2012 "Taxonomic revision of the Rineloricaria species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay River basin" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 10 No. 2)
- PCF
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