Loricariidae

Rhadinoloricaria condei

Rhadinoloricaria condei

Fourteen Point One Centimeters Catfish of the Amazon Basin

• Tropical
• Upper river
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Small
• Tropical fish

Rhadinoloricaria condei is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. This catfish is endemic to Ecuador where it is found in the Napo River basin. This species can be found in turbid and dark waters, in moderately fast flowing streams, between 2–10 m (6 ft 7 in – 32 ft 10 in) deep; no submerged vegetation is found here, and the bottom is made of sand, mud, dead leaves, twigs, branches, and trunks.