Rhinotocinclus collinsae
Schmidt & Ferraris, 1985
dedicated Dr. Margaret Collins (Alfred Emerson Field Station, Kartabo, Guyana)
Synonyms
Parotocinclus collinsae
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
25.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 28 °C
High above sea level
~300 m
Type of water
White water, Black water
Flow
small
Substrate
sand
In water
foliage
On the riverbank
forest
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
present
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
to incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
to incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
not known
- Garavello, J.C., 1989 "Three new species of parotocinclus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889 with comments on their geographical distribution (pisces, loricariidae)" (Naturalia) P. 124
- Schaefer, S. A. & Provenzano, F., 1993 "The Guyana Shield Parotocinclus: systematics, biogeography, and description of a new Venezuelan species (Siluroidei: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 50
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 326
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Parotocinclus-Arten – Eine sehr variable Gruppe"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Schmidt, Robert E. & Ferraris, Carl J. , 1985 "A new species of Parotocinclus (Pisces: Loricariidae) from Guyana" (Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 98, P. 341)
- Lehmann, A.P.; Lazzarotto, H. & Reis, R.E., 2014 "Parotocinclus halbothi, a new species of small armored catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Trombetas and Marowijne River basins, in Brazil and Suriname" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 1)
- Lehmann, P.A.; Schvambach, L.J. & Reis, R.E., 2015 "A new species of the armored catfish Parotocinclus (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Amazon basin in Colombia" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 13 No. 1, P. 47)
- Roxo, F.F.; Costa, G.S.da & Oliveira, C., 2016 "Description of a new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes, Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Tapajós basin" (ZooKeys 634: 125–136 (2016), P. 131)
- Reis, R.E. & Lehmann, P.A., 2022 "A new genus of armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Greater Amazon, with a review of the species and description of five new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, 20 No. 2)
- Lehmann, P.A.; Lujan, N.K. & Reis, R.E., 2022 "A New Species of Armored Catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) Syntopic and Superficially Similar to Parotocinclus collinsae, from the Potaro River Basin, Guyana" (abstract) (Ichthyology & Herpetology, Vol. 110 No. 1, P. 69)
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