Aquarium Care:
Would need a large tank as they grow big and are territorial.
Diet: As with all of this genera
they are carnivores and would need to be fed on frozen
foods such as Artemia, mosquito larvae, mysis and
shrimp. They can also be fed pellet and tablet foods.
Common
Name:
None
Synonyms:
Rinelepis histrix, Loricaria
spinosae
Family:
Loricariidae
Distribution:
South America:
Negro and lower Amazon River basins, Brazil.
Size:
80.0cm. (32ins)
Temp:
25-29°c (77-85°f)
p.H.
6.0-7.5.
Reference:
Seidel, I.
2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen,
Germany 208 p.
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