Pseudohemiodon laticeps
Regan, 1904
Synonyms
Violinha-de-cola
Giant Whiptail Catfish
Loricaria laticeps
Platkopf-Harnischwels
Giant Whiptail Catfish
Loricaria laticeps
Platkopf-Harnischwels
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 35 cm
Standard length (documented)
300.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
20 - 26 °C
pH
6.5 - 7.0
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
algae, detritus
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
lip breeder
yes
yes
Sympatric with
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 340
- Evers, Hans-Georg: "Fischen im Rio Paraná - Fluss der Riesen"
(Amazonas Juli/August 2010 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 295)
- López, H.L.; Miquelarena,A.M. & Menni, R.C., 2003 "Lista comentada de los peces continentales de la Argentina" (ProBiota, Serie Técnica y Didáctica, No. 5, P. 47)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 81)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 288)
- Seidel, I., 2015 "1.Schöne Flunder-Harnischwelse aus Paraguay" (Newsletter Fa. aqua-global)
- Malabarba, L.R.;Hirschmann,A.; Lucena,C.A.S. de; Giora,J.; Wingert,J.M.; Ferrer,J.; Silva,P.C ; Angrizani,R.C.; Costa Ramos,R. da; Kullander,S.; Carvalho,T.P.; Bertaco,V.; Fialho,C.B. & Bonato,K.O., 2025 "Guia Peixes do Bioma Pampa"
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