Rineloricaria lima

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Loricariinae
Tribus: Loricariini
Genus: Rineloricaria
Species: Rineloricaria lima
Name

Rineloricaria lima (Kner, 1853)

Holotype (unique): NMW (probably lost).

Type locality: Brazil.

Etymology: From Latin lima (= file or rasp), possibly referring to sharp bristles on sides of snout (of males) and/or “very rough” (translation) plates on trunk. (From The ETYFish Project)
Synonyms

Loricaria lima Kner, 1853

References

Costa-Silva, G. J., Rodriguez, M. S., Roxo, F. F., Foresti, F. & Oliveira, C., 2015: Using Different Methods to Access the Difficult Task of Delimiting Species in a Complex Neotropical Hyperdiverse Group. PLoS ONE, 10 (9): e0135075. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135075

Kner, R. 1853. Die Panzerwelse des K.K. Hof-naturalien-Cabinetes zu Wien. I. Abtheilung. Loricarinae. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 6: 65–98. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12577 Reference page.

Links

Rineloricaria lima in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Rineloricaria lima in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names
português: Rabo-de-chicote, Acari-lima

Rineloricaria lima[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. The species is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[2]
References

"ITIS - Report: Rineloricaria lima". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Rineloricaria lima". FishBase.