Rineloricaria latirostris • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish

Male - orange colour morph
Female orange colour morph
Male orange colour morph
Close-up of male orange colour morph
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Rineloricaria latirostris** (Boulenger, 1900)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Rio Mogi Guaçu, about 250 mi. inland of Santos, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Loricaria latirostris, Loricaria paulina
Pronunciation	lat ee ross triss
Etymology	Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather.
Species Information
Size	250mm (9.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing	Males are larger, but more importantly, mature males are very `hairy`, covered with hairlike growth on their entire body and unlike most loricarinae that have these spines on the sides of the head, the pectoral fins and the top of the head; this particular fish can be covered in `hair` everywhere, except on the ventral surface. Females lack the `hair`.
Habitat Information
Distribution	The orange morph is from the Rio Mogi-Guacu, Sao Paulo; Brazil. Sao Paulo State Rivers (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) La Plata , Paraná , Upper Paraná (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Bahia State Rivers, Mogi Guaçu (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Temperature	18.0-22.0°C or 64.4-71.6°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	This species doesn't tolerate higher temperatures well.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	An omnivore. Vegetables; peas, cucumber etc. invertebrates too; mosquito larvae, crustaceans (daphnia, gammarus etc), tropical flake and tabs. Sieves the sand for edible bits. Won't clean glass, plants or wood; it isn't much of an algae eater at all!
Furniture	Something of a burrower, this species requires open space to move around on the floor, gravel, stones and sandy areas are mandatory. It sinks vertically into the sand by making wriggling sideways motions. It does not dive head first in the sand, like some other catfishes do.
Compatibility	Peaceful. It's a very slow, timid fish, so it is suspectible to food competitors. Small, docile fish; nothing too big ones or assertive. Neither should the substrate be crowded with many catfish or other fishes. It can get scared by larger bottom dwelling fishes, in which case it'll rapidly burrow itself and won't come up again for some time.
Breeding	Not reported.
Further Information
References	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7)v. 5 (no. 26) - pp165
Registered Keepers	None. Add this species to your "my cats" page.
Breeding Reports	None.
More Resources	- Search Planet Catfish for more on Rineloricaria latirostris - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Rineloricaria latirostris on AquaticRepublic.com - Look up Rineloricaria latirostris on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search. - URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
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Last Update	2006 Aug 21 02:05 (species record created: 2002 Mar 07 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Rineloricaria latirostris (Boulenger, 1900)

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Rio Mogi Guaçu, about 250 mi. inland of Santos, Brazil.

Synonym(s)

Loricaria latirostris, Loricaria paulina

Pronunciation

lat ee ross triss

Etymology

Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather.

Species Information

Size

250mm (9.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Sexing

Males are larger, but more importantly, mature males are very `hairy`, covered with hairlike growth on their entire body and unlike most loricarinae that have these spines on the sides of the head, the pectoral fins and the top of the head; this particular fish can be covered in `hair` everywhere, except on the ventral surface. Females lack the `hair`.

Habitat Information

Distribution

The orange morph is from the Rio Mogi-Guacu, Sao Paulo; Brazil.
Sao Paulo State Rivers (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
La Plata Show it on a map

, Paraná

, Upper Paraná (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Bahia State Rivers, Mogi Guaçu (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)

Temperature

18.0-22.0°C or 64.4-71.6°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

This species doesn't tolerate higher temperatures well.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

An omnivore. Vegetables; peas, cucumber etc. invertebrates too; mosquito larvae, crustaceans (daphnia, gammarus etc), tropical flake and tabs. Sieves the sand for edible bits. Won't clean glass, plants or wood; it isn't much of an algae eater at all!

Furniture

Something of a burrower, this species requires open space to move around on the floor, gravel, stones and sandy areas are mandatory. It sinks vertically into the sand by making wriggling sideways motions. It does not dive head first in the sand, like some other catfishes do.

Compatibility

Peaceful. It's a very slow, timid fish, so it is suspectible to food competitors. Small, docile fish; nothing too big ones or assertive. Neither should the substrate be crowded with many catfish or other fishes. It can get scared by larger bottom dwelling fishes, in which case it'll rapidly burrow itself and won't come up again for some time.

Breeding

Not reported.

Further Information

References

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7)v. 5 (no. 26) - pp165

Registered Keepers

None.

Add this species to your "my cats" page.

Breeding Reports

None.

More Resources

- Search Planet Catfish for more on Rineloricaria latirostris
Link

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

- Look up Rineloricaria latirostris on AquaticRepublic.com
Look up Fishbase

- Look up Rineloricaria latirostris on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search.
Link

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

Hits

5824 hits.

Last Update

2006 Aug 21 02:05 (species record created: 2002 Mar 07 00:00)

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