Synonyms
Microlepidogaster francirochai
Otocinclus francirochai
Otocinclus francirochai
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
41.9 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
18 - 26 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
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
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- Schaefer, S.A., 1997 "The Neotropical cascudinhos: Systematics and biogeography of the Otocinclus catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 148, P. 8)
- Britski, H.A. & Garavello, J.C., 2003 "Hisonotus insperatus: New Species, from the Upper Rio Paraná Basin (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Loricariidae)" (Copeia, Vol. 2003 No. 3, P. 593)
- Almirón, A.; Azpelicueta, M. de las M.; Casciotta, J.R. & Litz, T., 2006 "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Otothyrini) from the República Oriental del Uruguay" (Revue suisse de zoologie, Vol. 113, P. 92)
- Azpelicueta, M. de las Merceces, Almirón, Adriana E., Casciotta, Jorge R. & Koerber, Stefan, 2007 "Hisonotus hungy sp. n. (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) a new species from arroyo Tirica, Misiones, Argentina" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol. 114 No. 3, P. 596)
- Britskie, H.A. & Garavello, J.C., 2007 "Description of two new sympatric species of the genus Hisonotus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889, from upper Rio Tapajós, Mato Grosso state, Brazil (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Loricariidae)" (Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol. 67 No. 3, P. 414)
- Chiachio, M.C.; Olivera, C. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2008 "Molecular systematic and historical biogeography of the armored Neotropical catfishes Hypotopomatinae and Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (abstract) (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 49 No. 2, P. 610)
- Carvalho, T.P. & Reis, R.E., 2011 "Taxonomic review of Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the laguna dos Patos system, southern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 9 No. 1, P. 27)
- Hoffmann, A.C.; Cardosa Nascimento, R.H. & Shibatta, O.A., 2015 "Fish fauna from tributaries throughout the Tibagi River basin, upper Paraná basin, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 11 No. 6)
- Roxo, F.F.; da Costa e Silva, G. & Oliveira, c., 2015 "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from rio São Francisco basin, Brazil" (ZooKeys, No. 498, P. 137)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Roxo, F.F. & Graça. W.J. da, 2016 "Hisonotus pachysarkos, a new species of cascudinho from the rio Ivaí basin, upper rio Paraná system, Brazil (Loricariidae: Otothyrinae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 26 No. 4, P. 380)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C.; Waltz, B.T. & Melo, J.E.G., 2016 "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Otothyrinae) from the upper rio Paraná and rio São Francisco basins, Brazil" (Zootaxa , Vol. 4109 No. 2, P. 235)
- Frota, A.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Petenucci, L.M. & Graça, W.J. da, 2016 "Inventory of the fish fauna from Ivaí River basin, Paraná State, Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 16 No. 3, P. 6)
- Roxo, F.F.; Melo, B.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Oliveira, C., 2017 "New species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from coastal drainages of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4232 (2), P. 267)
- Calegari, B.B.; Morlis, W.G. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "A new species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Río Paraná basin, Paraguay, with a discussion of the limits between Otothyropsis and Hisonotus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4244, No. 2, P. 243)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Melo, B.F., 2018 "Hisonotus devidei, a new species from the São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) " (Journal of Fish Biology)
- Claro-Garcia, A.; Assega, F. & Shibatta, O.A., 2018 "Diversity and distribution of ichthyofauna in streams of the middle and lower tibagi river basin, Paraná, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 14 No. 1, P. 43)
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