Paralithoxus surinamensis
Boeseman, 1982
according to the origin Suriname River
Synonyms
Lithoxus surinamensis
Length (total)
> 5 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
6.0 - 6.5
Nutrition (mostly): insect-eater
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: note body shape and pectoral spin
from genus: Standard
unknown
absent
not known
- Boeseman, M., 1982 "The South American mailed catfish genus Lithoxus Eigenmann, 1910, with the description of three new species from Surinam and French Guyana and records of related species (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences) v. 85 (v: 1): 41-58) P. 41
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 390
- Nijssen, H. & Isbriicker, I.J.H., 1990 "Lithoxus stocki, a species new to science of ancistrin loricariid catfish from the Maroni River drainage, with a comparison of the primary type specimens of the six species of Lithoxus (syn.: Paralithoxus ) (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Vol. 60 No. 3-4, P. 332)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 268)
- Silva, G.S.C.; Covain, R., Oliveira, C. & Roxo, F.F., 2017 "Description of two new species of Lithoxus (Hypostominae: Loricariidae) from rio Jari and rio Amapá basins, Brazilian Guiana Shield" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4347 No. 1, P. 151)
- Lujan, N.K.; Armbruster, J.W. & Lovejoy, N.R., 2018 "Multilocus phylogeny, diagnosis and generic revision of the Guiana Shield endemic suckermouth armoured catfish tribe Lithoxini (Loricariidae: Hypostominae)" (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 20, P. 1173)
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