Rineloricaria Cachivera
📖 Overview
Rineloricaria Cachivera (Rineloricaria cachivera), first described by Burbano & Carvalho, 2023 is a small fish in the family Loricariidae (order Siluriformes). Adults typically reach 12.30 cm in maximum length. It inhabits freshwater systems including rivers, streams, and lakes. It occurs in Tropical waters. It is broadly omnivorous, taking invertebrates, plant matter, and detritus.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: presence of a transverse dorsal band that is not well defined and is curved, similar to that band observed on anterior border of snout, anterior to the first predorsal plate; presence of dark, diffuse blotches, seen as unified dark colouration along most of dorsal portion of head, without bands or spots on head; a long snout that occupies more than half the HL, between 58.0% and 66.3% HL; naked portion on the cleithral region from border of lower lip reaching origin of pectoral fin; five series of lateral plates in longitudinal rows below the dorsal fin; presence of six branched pectoral fin rays and the lower lip surface with short thick papillae .Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Rineloricaria Cachivera is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical South America: Colombia.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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