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  • Rineloricaria langeiMale - lateral view
  • Rineloricaria langeiMale - dorsal view
  • Rineloricaria langeiMale - ventral view
  • Rineloricaria langeiFemale - ventral view
  • Rineloricaria langeiFemale - lateral view
  • Rineloricaria langeiFemale - dorsal view
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Scientific Name Rineloricaria langei  Ingenito, Ghazzi, Duboc & Abilhoa, 2008
Common Name
Type Locality Quatro Varras, rio Iraí, at Fazenda Moura-Daz, downstream Reservoir of rio Iraí - SANEPAR, 49°05'26"W, 25°29'23"S, Paraná, Brazil.
Pronunciation rhine lor ee kar ee ah.
Etymology Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, lorica, loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather. The specific name langei is given in honor of Professor Rudolf Bruno Lange, one of the first curators of the zoological collections of Museu de História Natural Capão da Imbuia (MHNCI) during the forties of the Twentieth Century, in which the ichthyological collection is included.
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Size 117mm or 4.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing Head is much broader in males than females.
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Distribution South America: Rio Iraí of the rio Iguaçu drainage in Paraná, Brazil.
La Plata, Paraná, Iguazu, Upper Iguazu, Iraí (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Neotropical Ichthyology v. 6 (no. 3), pp 356, Figs. 1-2.
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Last Update 2020 Nov 18 15:53 (species record created: 2009 Aug 22 04:25)