Scientific Name
Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)add this species to your "My Cats" page.
Common Name(s)
L010a, Red Lizard Catfish, Red Whiptail Catfish
Etymology
Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather.
Size
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Identification
This red colour form is considered to be artificial although it is unclear what species or methods were used in its production. Aqualog introduced this fish with an l-number of L010a, it is very different from L010.
Sexing
Males grow short spines in the top of their heads and pectoral fins.
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.
Compatibility
Peaceful and not territorial.
Breeding
Breeds in fairly usual Rineloricaria manner, male guards the eggs in a cave (pipe, around 25mm diameter, according to some reports).
"My Cats"
(1) Barbie , (2) hoplo , who also notes, "These have spawned twice that i know of, but no babys lived.
Noticed two lots of eggs 6/8/2008.", (3) Erlend D Bertelsen , (4) alga , (5) Kingkat , (6) FuglyDragon , who also notes, "Several spawns, fry difficult to raise, try powdered spirulina and add some dither fish to move the fry about (baby cory's or ancistrus sp3)
3 new specimens added 10/08/2009 to replace 2 lost", (7) apistomaster , who also notes, "I purchased six specimens of only 1.25 inches TL and they are just reaching maturity. Have them set up for a spawning attempt in a 20L aquarium shared with two trios of Apistogramma baenschi.", (8) AmLi , (9) Kenyan , (10) Catfish66 , who also notes, "They will live in my 100 cm tank as soon as I have changed it..", (11) Gog , (12) loloveto , (13) jippo , (14) DutchFry , (15) theonetruepath , (16) zhallam , (17) Christine , who also notes, "Very active fish with a very fine red colour. I so much like the way they move around in the tank.", (18) lbriquet , (19) Julie , (20) drgold , (21) MONG , (22) JimHitchiner , (23) bert , (24) bert , (25) call_apple , (26) DaveW , (27) Birger Amundsen , (28) Coryologist , (29) HX67 , (30) LRKeefer , (31) BIGMINTON , (32) planktongabor , (33) bennyvis , (34) sunfish , (35) novice , (36) jiapei , (37) Azarak , (38) nomuken , (39) Shaun , (40) oxdeleon , (41) DiHo , (42) Simian , who also notes, " Pair spawned March 31 2009. Fry raised successfully to 30 day stage with very few losses.
Respawned 25 days later
in both PVC and bamboo open ended pipes.", (43) tezr , (44) poel_19 , (45) h2opleco , (46) catfish dude , (47) dr_philatelist , (48) ronalddevries , (49) claro , (50) Syokoy , (51) donishi , (52) Travis_Conklin , (53) drpleco , (54) d3n2 , (55) Gerard Pennards , (56) Nx7 , (57) bronzefry , who also notes, "All 4 adults grayish-brown, not red.", (58) Crel , (59) marangmic , (60) Daniel_yeo , (61) Substral , (62) petgoss , (63) Bubbles2112 .view all "My Cats" data for this species.
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2009-04-08 09:49:27 (species record created: 2001-11-23 00:00:00)
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/5.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(5) Female above pipe, male inside - Click to enlarge")
/6.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(6) Male guarding eggs - Click to enlarge")
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/11.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(11) Dorsal view - Click to enlarge")
/12.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(12) Gravid female - Click to enlarge")
/13.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(13) - Click to enlarge")
/14.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(14) One day old fry - Click to enlarge")
/15.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(15) Forty day old juveniles - Click to enlarge")
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/18.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(18) Female - Click to enlarge")
/19.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(19) Male - Click to enlarge")
/20.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(20) Two week old fry - Click to enlarge")
/21.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(21) Semi adult hybrid - Click to enlarge")
/22.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(22) Semi adult - Click to enlarge")
/23.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(23) Spawning in tube - Click to enlarge")
/24.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(24) Two week old fry - Click to enlarge")
/25.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(25) Eggs - Click to enlarge")
/26.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(26) Male with eggs - Click to enlarge")
/27.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(27) Male - Click to enlarge")
/28.jpg "Rineloricaria sp. (L010A)(28) Female - Click to enlarge")
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