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Rio Acari, Madeira system
Dorsal view
Pair spawning
Male, collected from the Comte River

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Rineloricaria platyura** (Müller & Troschel, 1849)
Common Names	Pearlscale Whiptail Amazonia Whiptail, Weißdorn Hexenwels (German)
Type Locality	Rupununi River, Guyana.
Synonym(s)	Hemiloricaria platyura, Loricaria platyura, Loricaria submarginatus
Pronunciation	rhine lor ee kar ee ah.
Etymology	Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather.
Articles	- CotM 2020 May
Species Information
Size	140mm or 5.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing	Males grow short spines in the top of their heads and pectoral fins.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: various coastal rivers from near the Amazon mouth to the Essequibo River. Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers, Mana (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers, Orapu, Comté (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Canumã, Acari (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo, Rupununi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Adaptable omnivores, these fish will eat most foods from cucumber or zucchini slices to frozen bloodworm or dry flake foods. User data.
Furniture	The fish should be provided with half-pipe type refuges which also often be used as spawning sites.
Compatibility	Peaceful and not territorial.
Breeding	Like many Rineloricaria, this species spawns in open-ended tubes, although at least one report also confirmed spawning on glass (See COTM article).
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Reisen in Britisch-Guiana, pp 631.
Registered Keepers	There are 7 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data.
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Last Update	2020 Oct 05 14:47 (species record created: 2004 Jun 28 00:00)