/siluriformes/loricariidae/rhadinoloricaria/bahuaja/1.jpg "Rhadinoloricaria bahuaja")
Rio Las Piedras, Madre de Dios basin, Peru/siluriformes/loricariidae/rhadinoloricaria/bahuaja/2.jpg "Rhadinoloricaria bahuaja")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Rhadinoloricaria bahuaja (Chang & Castro, 1999) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Río Tambopata, 12°47'05''S, 69°18'55''W, Tambopata Province, Departamento Madre de Dios, Peru |
| Synonym(s) | Crossoloricaria bahuaja |
| Etymology | Greek, rhadinos, -e, -on = soft, flexible + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather; |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 164mm or 6.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Distinguished from all other species of Crossoloricaria by having more teeth (4-8 premaxillary and 8-11 mandibular teeth); more coalescing plates (17-20); maxillary barbel longer (68-109 % HL), reaching middle or proximal third of pectoral fin; barbels of lower lip more developed (16-27% HL); interorbital width greater (16-21% HL); and first ray of dorsal, pectoral and pelvic fins produced beyond branched fin rays. Furthermore, it is distinguished from C. rhami by these osteological features: tip of first dorsal-fin pterygiophore passes between paired neural spines of 8th centrum and contacts posterior border of transverse process of 7th centrum; pectoral fin reaches anterior half of pelvic fin; pelvic skeleton with ischiac process of basipterygia elongated, longer than in C. rhami; and last pterygiophore of anal fin bears a bifid posterior process, ending at the middle of haemal spine of 18th centrum. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Madre de Dios basin in Peru, Rio Grande in Bolivia and Rio Manuripe in Pando. La Plata, Parapetí (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Madre de Dios (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré, Upper Mamoré, Guapay (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Madre de Dios, Manuripe (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Madre de Dios, Las Piedras (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Temperature | 27.0-28.0°C or 80.6-82.4°F (Show species within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Stomach contents of fish examined in the wild include larvae of aquatic insects, small seeds and debris. User data. |
| Furniture | Occurs in the main river and major tributaries, always over sandy beaches. |
| Breeding | Unreported. Male carries the eggs. |
| Breeding Reports | There is but a single breeding report, read it here. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 10 (no. 1) 83 Figs. 1-2 |
| Registered Keepers | There are 4 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 3 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.4.185.1536 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:13 (species record created: 2005 May 20 00:00) |