Ancistrus erinaceus
Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms
Hypostomus erinaceus
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
75.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
exact origin not known
Chile
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
3 soft rays
13 soft rays
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
13 soft rays
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
exact location unknown, Chile doubtful, since no further Ancistrus are known from there
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. 375
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 510)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 68)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 221)
- PCF
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