Rineloricaria Giua
📖 Overview
Rineloricaria Giua (Rineloricaria giua), first described by Alzate & DoNascimiento, 2024 is a small fish in the family Loricariidae (order Siluriformes). Adults typically reach 9.50 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 soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished from all trans-Andean and Central American congeners by the following characters: absence of mid-dorsal plate series; with four or five rows of median abdominal plates; four plates along sides of dorsal-fin base, lateral margins of snout straight, and breeding males with hypertrophied odontodes on sides of head and dorsum of pectoral fin; absence of a paired deep depression between the nostrils and the interorbital region and postorbital notch small and shallow; slender post-pectoral naked area .Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Rineloricaria Giua 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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