Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula
Valenciennes, 1840
(Type species)
Synonyms
Loricaria laeviuscula
Loricaria leviuscula
Loricariichthys laeviuscula
Loricaria leviuscula
Loricariichthys laeviuscula
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Amazonas (BRA), Amazons (VEN), Pará (BRA)
Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
rio Branco → rio Negro → Amazonas ⇒ Atlantic NE
˜[ -2.061,-56.129 ]
Type of water
Clear water, Black water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
detritus, inverbrates (aquatic) (invertebrates (aquatic)), (sand), amoebas, inverbrates (terrestrial) (invertebrates (terrestris)), algae, diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), vegetable fibers
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
lip breeder
from genus: yes
yes
use a leaf to brood care
use a leaf to brood care
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 340
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Harnischwelse des Rio Uraricoera (Rio-Negro-Becken, Brasilien)"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin August/September 2008) - Seidel, Ingo: "Die Harnischwelse des Rio Jauaperi in Brasilien"
(Aquaristik-Fachmagazin Okt./Nov. 2008)
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 476)
- 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. 124)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1981 "Revision of Loricaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 31 No. 3, P. 88)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 289)
- 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)
- Silva, G.H.; Zeni, J.O. & Langeani, F., 2025 "Head morphology and diet of whiptail catfishes (Loricariidae: Loricariinae)" (Neotropical ichthyology, Vol. 21 No. 3)
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