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Rineloricaria daraha Rapp Py-Daniel & Fichberg, 2008

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Description: Rineloricaria daraha is distinguished from all its congeners by having seven branched pectoral-fin rays (vs. six), long digitiform papillae on the ventral surface of the lower lip (vs. button-like papillae) and by the presence of a large and multi-angular preanal plate limited anteriorly by four or more variably sized plates much smaller than the preanal plate (vs. a quadrangular preanal plate surrounded by three to five polygonal plates slightly smaller than the preanal plate). Reproduction: The Rineloricaria species are usually cave spawners, where the female will place their eggs after the male has cleaned inside. The male will then guard and fan the eggs until hatching. The eggs will hatch in 4-5 days whereas the male can now be removed. More breeding information can be found here in the articles breeding section. Aquarium Care: Not an easy species to keep with excessive demands on good water quality. Prefers water movement in the aquarium. Diet: Omnivore. Vegetable food such as cucumber and other various foods such as tablet, flake and frozen. Etymology: The genus name Rineloricaria: meaning rine-rasp, referring to sharp bristles on sides of snout (of males); Loricaria, genus in which type species, R. lima, had originally been described. The specific name of daraha. A local spelling of Rio Daraá, Amazonas, Brazil, type locality.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil. Only known from cataracts of the Rio Daraá (cachoeira do Aracu, Pacu and Panãpanã), a tributary to the Rio Negro, in the state of Amazonas, northwestern Brazil.

Size:

20.0cm. (8ins)

Temp:

24-28°c (75-83°f)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Rineloricaria daraha is endemic to Brazil, specifically the Rio Negro basin, occurring in waterfall environments with sandy and rocky bottoms. A hydroelectric dam is planned for São Gabriel da Cachoeira on the Rio Negro, which could alter the environment in part of the species' distribution area. However, it is suspected that the potential population decline resulting from these alterations does not pose a threat to Rineloricaria daraha due to its wide distribution in the basin. For this reason, the species has been categorised as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2024.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2024 ).
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). 2022. Rineloricaria daraha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. and I. Fichberg, 2008. A new species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from rio Daraá, rio Negro basin, Amazon, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(3):339-346.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Rineloricaria daraha

Rineloricaria daraha
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