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Scientific Name | Rineloricaria strigilata (Hensel, 1868) |
Common Names | Santa Cruz Whiptail Catfish Santa Cruz-piskehalemalle (Denmark) |
Type Locality | Stony brook near Santa Cruz, Laguna dos Patos basin, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. |
Synonym(s) | Loricaria strigilata |
Pronunciation | rhine lor ee kar ee ah. |
Etymology | Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather. |
Species Information | |
Size | 110mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | South America: throughout most of the Laguna do Patos drainage. Rio Grande Do Sul State Waters, Laguna dos Patos (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 2018. |
Husbandry Information | |
Furniture | In nature, R. strigilata inhabits slow to fast flowing watercourses, with clear to brown water and sandy or muddy bottoms. |
Breeding | Unreported. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 34 (pt 1), pp 368. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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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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Last Update | 2021 Feb 13 08:53 (species record created: 2010 Jul 04 05:29) |