Ancistrus centrolepis
Regan, 1913
centro - scharfe Spitze, lepis = Knochenplatten
Synonyms
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: The males have more and longer tentacle on the head. Often females have only short tentacle/stublles anlong the mouth.
from genus: Standard
unknown
not known
- Regan, C. Tate, 1913 "The Fishes of the San Juan River, Colombia" (The Annals and Magazine of natural history, Vol. 12 Ser. 8, P. 470)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1916 "New and Rare Fishes from South American Rivers" (Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 10, P. 83)
- Fowler, Henry W., 1945 "Colombian Zoological Survey - I. The Fresh-Water Fishes obtained in 1945" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 97, P. 122)
- Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013 "Trans-Andean Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa 3641 (4): 343–370 )
- A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil, 2022 "Neuhaus, E.B.; Britto, M.R.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M." (Neotropical Ichthylogy, Vol. 20 No. 1)
- A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil, 2022 "Neuhaus, E.B.; Britto, M.R.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M." (Neotropical Ichthylogy, Vol. 20 No. 1)
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