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Loricariidae
Whiptail catfish
Rineloricaria platyura
Fourteen Centimeters Catfish from South American Waters
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallWhiptail catfish is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 14 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Rineloricaria
- Maximum length
- 14 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: various coastal rivers from near the Amazon mouth to the Essequibo River.
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