Pseudohemiodon platycephalus
Kner, 1854
(Type species)
platys = breit, cephale = Kopf
Synonyms
Cascudo
Rapa-canoa
Hemiodon platycephalus
Loricaria platycephala
Rapa-canoa
Hemiodon platycephalus
Loricaria platycephala
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
177.8 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Type of water
White water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
also pellets and flake food
also pellets and flake food
Eats plants
nein
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Animal care
Temperature can be 20 °C in the winter months. Plants be dug out.
Sand
necessary
lip breeder
yes
Catfish Atlas 1
long filament upper
I / 6 rays
concave
small dark dots
small dark dots
small dark dots
I / 6 rays
concave
small dark dots
small dark dots
small dark dots
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
18/September/2019
- 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
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 P.651-653
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Panzerwelse des k. k. Hof-Naturalien-Cabinetes zu Wien - I. Loricarinae" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 6, P. 89)
- 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. 122)
- 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)
- 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)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- Muniz, C.C.; Mendes; E.F.; Souza Campos, D.V. de & Oliveira Junior, E.S., 2021 "Peixes que encantam no Pantanal" (Bichos do Pantanal)
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for the pictures
Sven Nowack
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11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
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