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Male guarding eggs
Two month old Juveniles
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Rineloricaria wolfei** Fowler, 1940
Common Names	White Spined Whiptail Bredpigget Piskehalemalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Contamana, Río Ucayali basin, Peru.
Synonym(s)	Hemiloricaria wolfei, Rhineloricaria wolfei
Pronunciation	rhine lor ee kar ee ah.
Etymology	Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather.
Species Information
Size	149mm or 5.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Ucayali River basin. Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Ucayali (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 2014.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	In captivity, most Rineloricaria will spawn in open ended tubes.
Breeding Reports	There is but a single breeding report, read it here.
Further Information
Reference	Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 91 (for 1939), pp 241, Figs. 33-35.
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 2 records of this fish being seen, view them all.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:03 (species record created: 2010 Jun 03 13:17)