Rineloricaria Baliola
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing in the genus ; Inhabits slow to fast flowing watercourses, with clear or reddish water and with rocky, sandy or muddy bottom .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Diagnosed from all congeners by its unique color pattern composed of one dark, wide band covering most of the distal one-half of all fins. Differs from other species in the rocky group, except Rineloricaria microlepidogaster, by its snout with roundish naked area, which generally reaches to anteriormost pore of infraorbital ramus of sensory canal (vs. roundish naked area not reaching to anteriormost pore of infraorbital ramus of sensory canal or an elongate naked area) .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Rineloricaria Baliola is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical South America: drainages of Rio Jacuí, Rio Taquari and lower portions of tributaries to the Laguna dos Patos.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Rineloricaria Baliola.
🔍 Similar Species
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