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Scientific Name	**Limatulichthys griseus** (Eigenmann, 1909)
Common Name
Type Locality	Konawaruk, Guyana.
Synonym(s)	Loricaria griseus, Loricariichthys parnahybae, Rhineloricaria petleyi
Species Information
Size	180mm or 7.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon, Tocantins, Essequibo, western Orinoco, and Parnaíba River basins. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Piauí Rivers, Parnaíba (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (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
Feeding	In nature, they feed primarily on small aquatic invertebrates living at the bottom; rarely, they will eat small fish and small terrestrial invertebrates. User data.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1), pp8.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2013 Jan 24 13:45 (species record created: 2010 Aug 01 05:16)