Ancistrus mattogrossensis
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
exact origin not known
Mato Grosso ?
Brazil
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
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
- Knaack, J., 1999 "New Ancistrus species from the Rio Cuiba System, Brazil (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Tropical Fish Hobbyist) P. 152
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 377
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1912 "Loricariidae, Callichthyidae, Doradidae e Trichomycteridae" (Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas Estrategicas de Matto-Grosso ao Amazonas, No. 5, P. 27)
- 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. 70)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 300)
- Bifi, A.G.; Pavanelli, C.S. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2009 "Three new species of Ancistrus Kner, 1854 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Iguaçu basin, Paraná State, Brazil" (Zootaxa, No. 2275, P. 41)
- PCF
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