Ancistrus heterorhynchus
Regan, 1912
Synonyms
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 8 cm
Standard length (documented)
63.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
~1220 m
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
I / 3 rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
straight
I / 3 rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
straight
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. 376
- Regan, C. Tate, 1912 "Descriptions of new Fishes of the Familiy Loricariidae in the British Museum Collection" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 3 - 4, P. 668)
- 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. 69)
- 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
Many thanks to
for the pictures
C. Tate Regan (1912) (PD)
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