Ancistrus chagresi
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
according to the origin río Chagres
Synonyms
has Xenocara chagresi
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
24 - 27 °C
pH
6.5 - 7.5
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
present
3 - 4 soft rays
fin edges: white
I / 7 rays
fin edge: white
3 - 4 soft rays
fin edges: white
I / 7 rays
fin edge: white
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 374
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S., 1889 "Preliminary Notes on South American Nemotognathi II" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2 Ser. 2, P. 47)
- Graham, J.B. & Baird, T.A., 1982 "The Transition To Air Breathing In Fishes: Environmental Effects On The Facultative Air Breathing Of Ancistrus Chagresi And Hypostomus Plecostomus (Loricariidae)" (Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 96, P. 53)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 220)
- Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013 "Trans-Andean Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa 3641 (4): 343–370 )
- Oliveira, R.R. de; Zuanon, J.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L., 2015 "Ancistrus maximus, a new species of red-dotted armored catfish from rio Branco, Roraima State, Brazilian Amazon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, Vol. 26 No. 1, P. 73)
- 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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C. Tate Regan (1904) (PD)
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