Loricaria pumila • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Loricaria pumila** Thomas & Py-Daniel, 2008
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Rio Pará, 15.5 kilometers downstream of Curralinho, 9.4 kilometers upstream from Paquetá, 1°48'03.0''S, 49°39'53''W, Pará State, Brazil.
Pronunciation	lorry CAR ee ah
Etymology	(Latin)Lorica, Loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather (a suit of armour made of leather).
Species Information
Size	81mm (3.2") 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.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Brazil in Rio Amazonas near the mouth of rio Tapajós and rio Pará adjacent to and including lower rio Tocantins. Amazon, Lower Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós, Lower Tapajós (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds in nature on insects and their larvae.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Neotrop. ichthyol. vol.6 no.3, pp386, Figs. 3c-d, 4a, 7a-b.
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2013 Jan 26 07:40 (species record created: 2008 Dec 20 11:25)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Loricaria pumila Thomas & Py-Daniel, 2008

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Rio Pará, 15.5 kilometers downstream of Curralinho, 9.4 kilometers upstream from Paquetá, 1°48'03.0''S, 49°39'53''W, Pará State, Brazil.

Pronunciation

lorry CAR ee ah

Etymology

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

Species Information

Size

81mm (3.2") 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.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Brazil in Rio Amazonas near the mouth of rio Tapajós and rio Pará adjacent to and including lower rio Tocantins.
Amazon, Lower Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós, Lower Tapajós (click on these areas to find other species found there)