/loricariidae/lithogenes/wahari/1.jpg "Lithogenes wahari(1) Dorsal view - Click to enlarge")
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| Scientific Name | Lithogenes wahari Schaefer & Provenzano, 2008 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Venezuela, Amazonas, Caño Päwä, Rìo Cuao, 05°17.52'N, 67°19.74'W. |
| Etymology | The specific name wahari is taken from the Piaroa name Rúa-Wahari, the god of the creation according to the Piaroa peoples. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 78mm (3.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Known only from the middle section of the Río Cuao, a clear-water tributary of the Río Sipapo of the Orinoco River basin of south-western Venezuela. Orinoco  , Middle Orinoco, Sipapo, Cuao (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Wild caught fish had no indication of animal matter in its gut content, so presumably a mainly vegetarian diet. |
| Furniture | In nature, the habitat is rocky, fast-flowing streams, so an aquarium should be set up with high current and large smooth stones. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES NO. 3367 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2009 Feb 10 15:23 (species record created: 2009 Jan 25 05:15) |
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