Cteniloricaria maculata • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Cteniloricaria maculata** (Boeseman, 1971)
Common Name(s)	Whiptail Catfish
Type Locality	Sipaliwini, upper Corantijn R. basin, Suriname.
Synonym(s)	Harttia maculata
Pronunciation	TEN ee lohr ee KAR ee ah
Species Information
Size	170mm (6.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Maroni and Corantijn River basins. Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Corintijns (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Marowijne (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Furniture	Lives in creeks and rapids where the vegetation is poor, the water is clear and well-oxygenated and shallow (less than 1 m), with sandy to rocky substrate.
Suggested Tankmates	Found together with Characidium fasciadorsale, Imparfinis minutus, Corydoras guianensis and especially Harttia surinamensis.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Zool. Verh. (Leiden)No. 116 - pp33 - Pl. 5
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Cteniloricaria maculata (Boeseman, 1971)

Common Name(s)

Whiptail Catfish

Type Locality

Sipaliwini, upper Corantijn R. basin, Suriname.

Synonym(s)

Harttia maculata

Pronunciation

TEN ee lohr ee KAR ee ah

Species Information

Size

170mm (6.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Maroni and Corantijn River basins.
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Corintijns (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Marowijne (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Husbandry Information

Furniture

Lives in creeks and rapids where the vegetation is poor, the water is clear and well-oxygenated and shallow (less than 1 m), with sandy to rocky substrate.

Suggested Tankmates

Found together with Characidium fasciadorsale, Imparfinis minutus, Corydoras guianensis and especially Harttia surinamensis.

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Zool. Verh. (Leiden)No. 116 - pp33 - Pl. 5

Registered Keepers

None.

Breeding Reports

None.