Paraloricaria vetula
Valenciennes, 1835
(Type species)
vetula - kleine alte Frau
Synonyms
Chicote
Loricaria vetula
Vieja de Cola
Vieja del agua cola de látigo
Loricaria vetula
Vieja de Cola
Vieja del agua cola de látigo
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 60 cm
Standard length (documented)
480.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
20 - 26 °C
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
lip breeder
yes
unknown
short filament upper
dark dots
I / 6 rays
dark dots
dark dots
I / 6 rays
dark dots
Lippenbrüter
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
- Valenciennes, A., 1836 "Poissons [plates]" (A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale)
- 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
- Schäfer, Frank: "Paraloricaria vetula"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2014 / Januar 2015)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 81)
- Mello, F.T. de; González-Bergonzoni, I. & Loureiro, M., 2011 "Peces de Agua Dulce del Uruguay"
- Sverlij, S.B.; Schenke, R.L.D. ; López, H.L. & Ros, A.E., 2015 "Peces del Río Uruguay"
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
- Malabarba, L.R.;Hirschmann,A.; Lucena,C.A.S. de; Giora,J.; Wingert,J.M.; Ferrer,J.; Silva,P.C ; Angrizani,R.C.; Costa Ramos,R. da; Kullander,S.; Carvalho,T.P.; Bertaco,V.; Fialho,C.B. & Bonato,K.O., 2025 "Guia Peixes do Bioma Pampa"
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
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Joachim Langeneck (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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