according to the origin Venezuela
Synonyms
Loricaria variegata
Loricaria variegata venezuelae
Loricaria variegata venezuelae
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
170.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
22 - 26 °C
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
lip breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
 
Sympatric with
not known
- Schultz, Leonard P., 1944 "The catfishes of Venezuela, with description of thirty-eight new forms" (Proceedings of the National Museum, Vol. 94, P. 329)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1978 "Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux taxa de la famille des Loricariidae, poissons-chats cuirassés néotropicaux, avec un catalogue critique de la sous-famille nominale (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Revue Francaise dáquariologie, Vol. 5 No. 4, P. 87)
- Covain, R.; Fisch-Muller, S.; Oliveira, C.; Mol, J.H.; Montoya-Burgos, J.I. & Dray, S., 2016 "Molecular phylogeny of the highly diversified catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) reveals incongruences with morphological classification" (abstract) (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 94 Pt. B, P. 492)
- Rojas-Molina,Y.A.; Provenzano-Rizzi, F. & Ramírez-Gil, H., 2019 "A new species of whiptail armored catfish, genus Pseudohemiodon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Orinoco River basin, Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 17 No. 2)
- PCF
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