Panaque bathyphilus (L 90)
Lujan & Chamon, 2008
bathos (gr-) - deep; phileos (gr.) - to love as a friend; because the deep river channel habitat
Synonyms
Papa Panaque
Weißschwanz-Panaque
Weißschwanz-Panaque
Length (total)
approx. 60 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
24 - 30 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
(Prefered) River depth
12.00 - 18.00 m
Type of water
White water
On the riverbank
grasses, shrubbery
Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Males habe a longer and wider head
unknown
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
short filament lower
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
short filament lower
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
typical: in comparsion with other Panaqolus very small eyes, also with orange sickle
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.800
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.155
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.87
- Das Aquarium 3/97 S.5 - 7
- Jahn, Harald: "Panaque "Papa Ojo Rojo""
(AqualogNews Nr. 90 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Über die Revision der Panaque-Arten"
(Amazonas März/April 2011 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Evers, Hans-Georg: "Nachschub für Fischverrückte"
(Amazonas Juli/August 2015 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Lujan, Nathan K. & Chamon, Carine C., 2008 "Two new species of Loricariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from main channels of the upper and middle Amazon Basin, with discussion of deep water specialization in loricariids" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 19 No. 3, P. 271)
- Schraml, Erwin, 1992 "Drei neue Loricariiden" (DATZ, 1, P. 10)
- Lujan, N.K.; German, D.P. & Winemiller, K.O., 2011 "Do wood‐grazing fishes partition their niche?: morphological and isotopic evidence for trophic segregation in Neotropical Loricariidae" (Functional Ecology, P. 4)
- Mccauley, M.; German, D.P.; Lujan, N.K. & Jackson, C.R., 2020 "Gut microbiomes of sympatric Amazonian wood‐eating catfishes (Loricariidae) reflect host identity and little role in wood digestion" (Ecology & Evolution)
- Aquarium Glaser
- Aquarium Glaser (Ojo Chico)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Rob Rensen
4, 5
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