Synonyms
Hemiodon acipenserinus
Knob nosed Whiptail Catfish
Nasenharnischwels
Pinocchio Whiptail Catfish
Knob nosed Whiptail Catfish
Nasenharnischwels
Pinocchio Whiptail Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
134.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Juquia, Rondônia, Loreto, Amazonas (BRA), Mato Grosso, Acre
Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Suriname
laguna Yarinacocha → río Ucayali || río Mamoré ⇒ rio Madeira ⇒⇒ Amazonas ⇒ Atlantic NE
[ -13.520,-61.745 ]
Type of water
Clear water, White water
Flow
small
Substrate
sand
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
lip breeder
yes
Catfish Atlas 1
from
to
Quantity
20
Temp.
23
27
pH
6.00
7.50
GH
KH
NO³
Cond.
absent
4 soft rays
10 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
4 soft rays
10 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
The aquarium should be set up so that the Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus can not get caught up with the backward odontodes of their rostrum.
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 336
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 1 P.499 - 505
- Wewer, Daniel: "Zehn Tage auf dem Río Nanay"
(Amazonas Juli/August 2017) - Behr, Norman & Katzschmann, Anja: "Hexenwelse aus Peru"
(Amazonas November / Dezember 2018) - Behr, N. & Katzschmann, A.: "Entschleunigung als Erfolgsrezept – die Verbreitung des Nasenharnischwelses"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2022) - Sosna, Ernst: "Puerto Maldonado Teil 1: Spuren im Sand"
(Amazonas September / Oktober 2022)
- 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. 92)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 112)
- Seidel, Ingo, 2012 "Hexenwelse mit ungewöhnlicher Brutpflege" (aqua-global Newsletter)
- Queiroz, L.J. de; Torrente-Vilara, G.; Vieira, F.G.; Ohara, W.M.; Zuanon, J. & Doria, C.R.C., 2013 "Fishes of Cuniã Lake, Madeira River Basin, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 9 No 3, P. 545)
- 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. 78)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2021 "A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini" (PlosOne)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2, 3
Carvalho et. al., 2009 (PD)
5
Hans-Georg Evers
6, 7, 8
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