Loricaria pumila • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Loricaria pumila** Thomas & Py-Daniel, 2008
Common Name
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 or 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) Log in to view species occurence data on a map.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds in nature on insects and their larvae.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
References	Neotrop. ichthyol. vol.6 no.3, pp386, Figs. 3c-d, 4a, 7a-b.
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Last Update	2013 Jan 26 07:40 (species record created: 2008 Dec 20 11:25)