Pair with eggs
Close-up of mouth
Close-up of head
Pair, female to left
Pair guarding eggs in foreground
Close-up of pair guarding eggs
Fry
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| Scientific Name | Rineloricaria parva (Boulenger, 1895) |
| Common Names | Common Whiptail Catfish Lg6, Slank Sugemalle (Denmark) |
| Type Locality | Descalvados, Mato Grosso, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Hemiloricaria parva, Loricaria parva, Rineloricaria parva |
| Pronunciation | rhine lor ee kar ee ah. |
| Etymology | Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather. Lorica, Loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather (a suit of armour made of leather). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 110mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay, Upper Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , a distribution map is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Temperature | 21.0-24.0°C or 69.8-75.2°F (Show species within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | In captivity, most Rineloricaria will spawn in open ended tubes. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895 (pt 3), pp 527. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my fish" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 5 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
| More Resources | |
| Forum BBCode | |
 | Look up R. parva on PlanetCatfish.com |
 | Look up R. parva on Fishbase |
 | Look up R. parva on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up R. parva on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.4.43.743 | |
| Last Update | Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:17 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am) |