Loricaria simillima • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish

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Male 'sitting on' (lipbrooding) egg clutch
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Loricaria simillima** Regan, 1904
Common Name(s)	Marbled Whiptail
Type Locality	Canelos, e. Ecuador.
Pronunciation	lorry CAR ee ah - sim ill ee mah
Etymology	(Latin)Lorica, Loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather (a suit of armour made of leather).
Species Information
Size	180mm (7.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	When young, Loricaria spp. can be differentiated from the similar Rineloricaria spp. by their more feathered sucker-mouths. In adults this difference is considerably more evident. A very variable species that is widely distributed through differing habitats across the several countries and river systems.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon, Orinoco and La Plata River basins. Orinoco (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) La Plata (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
pH	5.6 - 7.8
Temperature	24.0-27.0°C or 75.2-80.6°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	Imports from black water require a lower pH and softer water. The more common whitewater export (which tends to be form that reproduces more readily) will happily tolerate pH 6.4 to 7.8.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	See Shane's World article (link below).
Further Information
References	Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond.v. 17 (pt 3, no. 1) - pp292 - Pl. 17 (fig. 2)
Registered Keepers	(1) fishfarmer (k: 40), who also notes: "Breeding report on y web site http://cinci-fishfarmer.com/reports/L010BR.html", (2) Walter, (3) Koen, (4) ayshea, (5) Dinyar, (6) Altifrons, (7) suprabiatch (k: 2), (8) AleGer (k: 5), (9) bigbadbraun (k: 2), (10) Jools, (11) ichtyophile, (12) Acanthicus, (13) Lars Jamne (k: 4), (14) jimlaroche83 (k: 2), (15) Martin S (k: 4), (16) MatsP (p: 2, k: 6), (17) arapaimag (k: 4), (18) gem400, (19) retroculus. 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	- Shane's World Reproduction Notes on a spawning of Loricaria simillima - Search Planet Catfish for more on Loricaria simillima - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Loricaria simillima on AquaticRepublic.com - Look up Loricaria simillima on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search. - URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
Hits	16178 hits.
Last Update	2009 Apr 02 13:50 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Loricaria simillima Regan, 1904

Common Name(s)

Marbled Whiptail

Type Locality

Canelos, e. Ecuador.

Pronunciation

lorry CAR ee ah - sim ill ee mah

Etymology

(Latin)Lorica, Loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather (a suit of armour made of leather).

Species Information

Size

180mm (7.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

When young, Loricaria spp. can be differentiated from the similar Rineloricaria spp. by their more feathered sucker-mouths. In adults this difference is considerably more evident.

A very variable species that is widely distributed through differing habitats across the several countries and river systems.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Amazon, Orinoco and La Plata River basins.
Orinoco Show it on a map

(hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
La Plata Show it on a map

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

5.6 - 7.8

Temperature

24.0-27.0°C or 75.2-80.6°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Imports from black water require a lower pH and softer water. The more common whitewater export (which tends to be form that reproduces more readily) will happily tolerate pH 6.4 to 7.8.

Husbandry Information

Breeding

See Shane's World article (link below).

Further Information

References

Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond.v. 17 (pt 3, no. 1) - pp292 - Pl. 17 (fig. 2)

Registered Keepers

(1) fishfarmer (k: 40), who also notes: "Breeding report on y web site http://cinci-fishfarmer.com/reports/L010BR.html", (2) Walter, (3) Koen, (4) ayshea, (5) Dinyar, (6) Altifrons, (7) suprabiatch (k: 2), (8) AleGer (k: 5), (9) bigbadbraun (k: 2), (10) Jools, (11) ichtyophile, (12) Acanthicus, (13) Lars Jamne (k: 4), (14) jimlaroche83 (k: 2), (15) Martin S (k: 4), (16) MatsP (p: 2, k: 6), (17) arapaimag (k: 4), (18) gem400, (19) retroculus.

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Breeding Reports

None.

More Resources

- Shane's World

Reproduction

Notes on a spawning of Loricaria simillima

- Search Planet Catfish for more on Loricaria simillima
Link

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

- Look up Loricaria simillima on AquaticRepublic.com
Look up Fishbase

- Look up Loricaria simillima on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search.
Link

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

Hits

16178 hits.

Last Update

2009 Apr 02 13:50 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00)

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