Black Armored Catfish

Rhinelepis strigosa

Vieja del Agua Negra

Family: Loricariidae
Order: Siluriformes
Class: Actinopterygii
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Other common names: Vieja Del Agua, Zapato, Cascudo Preto, Acari Roncador.

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Rhinelepis strigosa is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the armored catfishes, and the subfamily Rhinelepinae, the rhinelepine plecos. This catfish occurs in South America, where it occurs in the Paraná, Paraguay, and Uruguay river basins in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. This species grows to a total length of .

Source: Wikipedia, article Rhinelepis strigosa. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.

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17/01/2020

Argentina

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Parque Nacional Mburucuyá

Marcos Augusto Lartigau