Ancistrus jelskii
Steindachner, 1877
Synonyms
Chaetostomus jelskii
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 8 cm
Recommended tank size
60 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
 
5 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1875 "Ueber einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den Gebirgsbächen der hohen Anden in Peru" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 72, P. 603)
- 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. 222)
- PCF
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