Baryancistrus niveatus (L 26)
de Castelnau, 1855
(Type species)
niveatus (lat.) = mit weißen Flocken
Synonyms
Hypostomus niveatus
Chaetostomus niveatus
Schneeflocken-Prachharnischwels
Snowflake pleco
Chaetostomus niveatus
Schneeflocken-Prachharnischwels
Snowflake pleco
critical endangered
Length (total)
> 30 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Note head and the first ray of the pectoral fin
from genus: Standard
unknown
present
4 soft rays
13 - 14 soft rays
fin edging: white
I / 7 rays
Connected with adipose
fin edging: white
5 - 6 soft rays
5 soft rays
4 soft rays
13 - 14 soft rays
fin edging: white
I / 7 rays
Connected with adipose
fin edging: white
5 - 6 soft rays
5 soft rays
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 379
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.515
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.80
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.28
- Evers, Hans-Georg: "Neuigkeiten aus Brasilien"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Perez, Mark Sabaj: "Neuigkeiten vom Rio Xingu"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Changes in the Brazilian fish export ban and how affects you"
(Journal of the Catfish Study Group 3/2016) - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Wissenswertes, Neues und Ungewöhnliches"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin August/September 2018)
- Castelnau, Francis de, 1855 "Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expedition dans les parties centrales de L'Amerique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para" (Animaux nouveaux ou rares, Vol. 2, P. 43)
- Kilian, Bernd, 1989 "Neue Harnischwelse" (DATZ, 5)
- Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 1989 "Redescription of Parancistrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1855) and preliminary establishement of two new genera: Baryancistrus and Oligancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Cybium, Vol. 13 No. 3, P. 245)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 227)
- Lujan, Nathan K., Arce, Mariangeles & Armbruster, Jonathan W., 2009 "A New Black Baryancistrus with Blue Sheen from the Upper Orinoco (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Copeia, 2009(1), P. 53)
- Rapp Py-Daniel, L., Zuanon, J. & de Oliveira, R.R., 2011 "Two new ornamental loricariid catfishes of Baryancistrus from rio Xingu drainage (Siluriformes: Hypostominae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 9 No. 2, P. 24)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 111)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Francis de Castelnau (PD)
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