Otocinclus mimulus
Axenrodth & Kullander, 2003
von Mime (Schauspieler), da er Corydoras diphyes imitiert
Synonyms
Gepunkteter Ohrgitter-Harnischwels
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
42.7 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
18 - 24 °C
Substrate
sand
In water
foliage, Makrophyten
On the riverbank
forest
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
Can breathe atmospheric
yes
from genus: W: größer, fülliger, weniger Odontoden am Schwanzstiel M: kleiner, zierlicher
BSSW 2011
from
to
Quantity
100
Temp.
21
21
pH
GH
KH
NO³
Cond.
150
150
(13 -) 14 (- 15) soft rays
(6 -) 7 soft rays
5 soft rays
(6 -) 7 soft rays
5 soft rays
similar to Corydoras diphyes
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
07/March/2019
- Leppert, Bernhard: "Nachzucht eines scheuen Gesellen"
(BSSW-Report 2/2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Otocincus mimulus"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Evers, Hans-Georg: "Erfolgreich nachgezogen: Otocinclus arnoldi"
(Amazonas Januar/Februar 2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Ohrgittersaugwelse Teil 2: Arten mit Zebramuster aus Südamerika"
(aquaristik 2/2017) - Seidel, Ingo: "Die Ohrgitterwelse der Gattung Otocinclus"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Axenrot, T.E. & Kullander, S.O., 2003 "Corydoras diphyes (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) and Otocinclus mimulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), two new species of catfishes from Paraguay, a case of minetic association" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 14 No. 3, P. 249)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 275)
- Lehmann, P.A.; Mayer, F. & Reis, R.E., 2010 "Re-validation of Otocinclus arnoldi Regan and reappraisal of Otocinclus phylogeny (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 1)
- Ribeiro, A.C. & Lehmann, P.A., 2016 "A new Otocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Rio Juruena Basin, central Brazil" (Zootaxa 4247 (3), P. 240)
- Diskusmann.de
- PCF
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2
H. P. Risch
3, 4
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