latus (lat.) = broad, frons (lat.) = forehead
Synonyms
has Xenocara latifrons
Chaetostomus latifrons
Chaetostomus latifrons
Length (total)
approx. 16 cm
Recommended tank size
100 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
 
present
I / 4 rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 8 rays
I / 4 rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 8 rays
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
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- 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)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 113)
- 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)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem - Species deleted from the Colombian continental ichthyofauna" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
C. Tate Regan (1904) (PD)
4, 5
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