Rineloricaria hasemani
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| Rineloricaria hasemani | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Rineloricaria |
| Species: | R. hasemani |
| Binomial name | |
| Rineloricaria hasemani | |
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Rineloricaria hasemani[3] is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes.[2] This catfish occurs in the lower Amazon River, in the Guamá drainage basin, in the vicinity of Belém.[1] This species reaches a standard length of 19.8 cm (7.8 in) and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[4]
Rineloricaria hasemani appears in the aquarium trade, where it is typically referred to as Haseman's whip-tailed catfish.[5]
It is named for zoologist and explorer John Diederich Haseman of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History who gathered a collection of South American fishes in 1908*1911 which included the holotype of this species.[6]
