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  • Crossoloricaria variegata
  • Crossoloricaria variegataClose-up of head
  • Crossoloricaria variegata
  • Crossoloricaria variegata
  • Crossoloricaria variegata
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Scientific Name Crossoloricaria variegata    (Steindachner, 1879)
Common Name
Type Locality Río Mamoni near Chepo, Panama.
Synonym(s) Loricaria variegata
Etymology (Greek)Krossoi=tassel + (Latin)lorica, loricare=cuirass of corslet of leather (a suit of armour made of leather). 
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Size 265mm or 10.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Based on Isbrücker (1979) and Covain et al. (2016), Crossoloricaria is similar to Pseudohemiodon but is distinguished by having one or two longitudinal rows of small dermal plates along the midline of the abdomen, with the lateral abdominal skin bare out to the thoracic scutes. Crossoloricaria is a strictly trans-Andean genus; cis-Andean species previously included in Crossoloricaria have been reclassified in Rhadinoloricaria, but may represent a new genus.
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Distribution Central and South America: Mamoni, Tuira and Yape River basins in Panama; San Juan and Sinu River basins in Colombia.
Panama Pacific Rivers, Chepo, Mamoni (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 15) (for 19 June 1879), pp 151.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:10 (species record created: 2016 May 12 10:00)