Furcodontichthys novaesi
Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981
(Type species)
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
10.2 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
Locality
on sand banks
Type of water
Clear water, Black water
Substrate
sand
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
inverbrates (aquatic) (invertebrates (aquatic)), detritus, (sand), amoebas, inverbrates (terrestrial) (invertebrates (terrestris)), algae, diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), vegetable fibers
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
lip breeder
yes
unknown
absent
12 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
12 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
- Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 1981 "Furcodontichthys novaesi n. gen., n. sp. (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes; Loricariidae) na bacia Amazônia, Brasil" (Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Nova Serie) P. 1
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 334
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 1 (2002) P.728 - 729
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 (2005) P.804 - 805
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 240)
- Covain, R. & Fisch-Muller, S., 2007 "The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis" (Zootaxa, No. 1462, P. 4)
- Carvalho, T.P.; Tang, S.J.; Fredieu, J.I.; Quispe, R.; Corahua, I.; Ortega, H.; Albert, J.S., 2009 "Fishes from the upper Yuruá river, Amazon basin, Peru" (CheckList, 5, P. 687)
- Silva, G.H.; Zeni, J.O. & Langeani, F., 2025 "Head morphology and diet of whiptail catfishes (Loricariidae: Loricariinae)" (Neotropical ichthyology, Vol. 21 No. 3)
- PCF
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Hans-Georg Evers
1, 2
Carvalho et. al., 2009 (PD)
3
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