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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Loricariinae
Etymology: Loricaria: Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather; 1706 + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1852–1937) was an Argentine zoologist, biologist and novelist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

South America: Argentina.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94550)

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Fisch-Muller, Sonia | Collaborators

Rodríguez, M.S. and M.A. Miquelarena, 2005. Una nueva especie de Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) para la cuenca del río San Francisco, Jujuy, Argentina. Anales de la Académia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 55:139-149. (Ref. 78627)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 19 October 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)