Hemiloricaria teffeana • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish

Male - close-up of head
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Six week old juvenile
Female
Fry
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Hemiloricaria teffeana** (Steindachner, 1879)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Amazon R. near Tefé, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Loricaria teffeana, Loricaria valenciennesii, Rineloricaria teffeana
Pronunciation	TEF ee anna
Etymology	Named after Tefé, it's type locality.
Species Information
Size	120mm (4.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Often fish sold under this name are the black form of Loricaria simillima. Loriciaria even as young fish have feathered barblels and longer points on the pelvic fins. This misidentification is not due to the two fish looking similar but rather the perpetuation of the wrong identification in various sources. In Germany mostly misidentified as Hemiloricaria fallax!
Sexing	Males grow short spines in the top of their heads and pectoral fins. These odontodes (spines) on the head standi in 2 rows and only appear during the breeding season (December until May / June). Outside this time, you have to look a little closer. Males have wider heads and pectorals fin rays; the posterior margin of pectoral more concave; Female with narrower head.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Brazil: Rio Tefe, Rio Madeira Amazon, Tefé (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) , Madeira (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
pH	4.0 - 6.5
Temperature	26.0-30.0°C or 78.8-86°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	Typical tropical blackwater is recommended.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Adaptable omnivores, these fish will eat most foods from cucumber or zucchini slices to frozen bloodworm or dry flake foods.
Furniture	The fish should be provided with half-pipe type refuges which also often be used as spawning sites. Fine sand, tubes, diameter 3 - 4 cm, bamboo preferred.
Compatibility	Peaceful and not territorial.
Breeding	Optimal temperature 27° C and pH 6.0-6.5. If water is warmer or more acidic, almost all eggs die during 48 hours. Only one male per tank spawns with sometimes two or three females at the one time. He tends and hatches the green eggs (circa 100 per female) for six days. After hatching, yolk sac needs two days to be used up, then feed with artemia or cyclops. The fry grow fast - four centimetres in six weeks is no problem.
Further Information
Registered Keepers	(1) NorthHawk (k: 2), (2) Tchitchou44. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species. Add this species to your "my cats" page.
Breeding Reports	None.
More Resources	- Search Planet Catfish for more on Hemiloricaria teffeana - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Hemiloricaria teffeana on AquaticRepublic.com - Look up Hemiloricaria teffeana on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search. - URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
Hits	6265 hits.
Last Update	2010 Jun 03 12:59 (species record created: 2004 Jun 28 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Hemiloricaria teffeana (Steindachner, 1879)

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Amazon R. near Tefé, Brazil.

Synonym(s)

Loricaria teffeana, Loricaria valenciennesii, Rineloricaria teffeana

Pronunciation

TEF ee anna

Etymology

Named after Tefé, it's type locality.

Species Information

Size

120mm (4.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Often fish sold under this name are the black form of Loricaria simillima. Loriciaria even as young fish have feathered barblels and longer points on the pelvic fins. This misidentification is not due to the two fish looking similar but rather the perpetuation of the wrong identification in various sources. In Germany mostly misidentified as Hemiloricaria fallax!

Sexing

Males grow short spines in the top of their heads and pectoral fins. These odontodes (spines) on the head standi in 2 rows and only appear during the breeding season (December until May / June). Outside this time, you have to look a little closer. Males have wider heads and pectorals fin rays; the posterior margin of pectoral more concave;

Female with narrower head.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Brazil: Rio Tefe, Rio Madeira
Amazon, Tefé (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) Show it on a map

, Madeira (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)

4.0 - 6.5

Temperature

26.0-30.0°C or 78.8-86°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Typical tropical blackwater is recommended.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Adaptable omnivores, these fish will eat most foods from cucumber or zucchini slices to frozen bloodworm or dry flake foods.

Furniture

The fish should be provided with half-pipe type refuges which also often be used as spawning sites. Fine sand, tubes, diameter 3 - 4 cm, bamboo preferred.

Compatibility

Peaceful and not territorial.

Breeding

Optimal temperature 27° C and pH 6.0-6.5. If water is warmer or more acidic, almost all eggs die during 48 hours. Only one male per tank spawns with sometimes two or three females at the one time. He tends and hatches the green eggs (circa 100 per female) for six days. After hatching, yolk sac needs two days to be used up, then feed with artemia or cyclops. The fry grow fast - four centimetres in six weeks is no problem.

Further Information

Registered Keepers

(1) NorthHawk (k: 2), (2) Tchitchou44.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Add this species to your My Cats species list

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Breeding Reports

None.

More Resources

- Search Planet Catfish for more on Hemiloricaria teffeana
Link

- BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts)
Look up AquaticRepublic.com

- Look up Hemiloricaria teffeana on AquaticRepublic.com
Look up Fishbase

- Look up Hemiloricaria teffeana on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search.
Link

- URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)

Hits

6265 hits.

Last Update

2010 Jun 03 12:59 (species record created: 2004 Jun 28 00:00)

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