/siluriformes/loricariidae/rineloricaria/uracantha/1.jpg "Rineloricaria uracantha")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Rineloricaria uracantha (Kner, 1863) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Río Chagres, Panama. |
| Synonym(s) | Fonchiichthys uracantha, Loricaria bransfordi, Loricaria uracantha |
| Pronunciation | rhine lor ee kar ee ah. |
| Etymology | Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 165mm or 6.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Central America: Atlantic and Pacific versant rivers. Panama Pacific Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) El Salvador Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Costa Rica Pacific Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Panama Caribbean Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds mainly on detritus and some aquatic invertebrates. User data. |
| Furniture | Inhabits rivers and creeks of moderate velocity, living fixed to branches or stones where they scrape off algae and its attached microbiota. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1863, v. 2, pp 228, "Fig. 18" (unpublished). |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
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| Search for R. uracantha | |
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 | Look up R. uracantha on Fishbase |
 | Look up R. uracantha on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up R. uracantha on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.4.43.516 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:02 (species record created: 2010 Jan 17 09:42) |
