undecim (lat.) - eleven; number of fin rays of the dorsal
Synonyms
cacucho
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 40 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
 
present
I / 4 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed to incised / concave, pointed
I / 10 - 12 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed to incised / concave, pointed
I / 10 - 12 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Weber, C., 1992 "Révision du genre Pterygoplichthys sensu lato (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie) P. 26
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 366
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1878 "Zur Fisch-Fauna des Magdalenen-Stromes" (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 15, P. 90)
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- 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. 226)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 42)
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- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 292)
- Moncayo-Fernández, A.; Mejía-Egas, O. & Rmírez-Chavez, H., 2017 "Pterygoplichthys undecimalis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): una especie trasplantada en la cuenca del río Patía, Colombia" (Biota Colombiana, Vol. 18 No. 1)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 82)
- Orfinger, A.B. & Goodding, D.D., 2018 "The Global Invasion of the Suckermouth Armored Catfish Genus Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Annotated List of Species, Distributional Summary, and Assessment of Impacts" (Zoological Studies, Vol 57 No. 7)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (1879) (PD)
1, 2, 3, 4
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