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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Loricariinae
Etymology: Rineloricaria: Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather; 1706 (Ref. 45335); giua: In honor of the Grupo de Ictiologı´a of Universidad
de Antioquia (acronym GIUA). Used as a noun in
apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132590)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
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 (Ref. 132590).
Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Castellanos-Mejía, M.C., A. Londoño-Burbano, L.E. Ochoa, C.A. García-Alzate and C. DoNascimiento, 2024. Two new species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Trans-Andean Rivers of Colombia, unveiled through iterative taxonomy. Ichthyology & Herpetology 112(3):429-443. (Ref. 132590)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.6 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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