Hemiloricaria caracasensis/Rineloricaria caracasensis
Bleeker, 1862
(Type species)
according to the origin "Caracas"
Synonyms
Caracas Whiptail Catfish
Loricaria rostrata
Rineloricaria caracasensis
Loricaria rostrata
Rineloricaria caracasensis
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
74.6 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
23 - 26 °C
pH
6.5 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 341
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 P.697
- Bleeker, M., 1862 "Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises : publié sous les auspices du gouvernement colonial néêrlandais"
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 104)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H.; Seidel, I.; Michels, J.P., Schraml, R. & Werner,A., 2001 "Diagnose vierzehn neuer Gattungen der Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Teleostei, Ostariophysi)" (DATZ Sonderheft Harnischwelse 2, 2, P. 23)
- Werner, André, 2006 "Harnischwelse aus dem nördlichen Venezuela" (DATZ, 2006-4, P. 28)
- 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, P. 288)
- --- find more ---
Please help with your pictures and information to complete the database: database(at)welsfans.de
Link: https://www.suedamerikafans.de/en/wels-datenbank/welsart/?art=998
998