Kronichthys heylandi
Boulenger, 1900
Synonyms
Plecostomus heylandi
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
16 - 22 °C
High above sea level
~120 m
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
4 soft rays
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
4 soft rays
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 365
- Boulenger, G.A., 1900 "Descriptions of three new species of siluroid fishes from southern Brazil" (The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Vol. 5 Ser. 7, P. 165)
- Uieda, V.S. & Uieda, W., 2001 "Species Composition and Spatial Distribution of a Stream Fish Assemblage in the East Coast of Brazil: Comparison of two Field Study Methodologies" (Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol. 62 No. 3)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 263)
- Roxo, F. F.; Zawadzki, C.H.; Costa Silva, G.J. da; Chiachio, M.C.; Foresti, F. & Oliveira, C., 2012 "Molecular systematics of the armored neotropical catfish subfamily Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3390, P. 38)
- Pereira, E.H.L. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "Morphology-based phylogeny of the suckermouth armored catfishes, with emphasis on the Neoplecostominae (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4264, No. 1, P. 73)
- Souza, C.S.; Silva, G.S.C.; Ochoa, L.E.; Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.J.C.; Melo, B.F.; Foresti, F. & Oliveira, C., 2020 "Molecular and morphological diversity in species of Kronichthys (Teleostei, Loricariidae) from Atlantic coastal rivers of Brazil" (Journal of Fish Biology)
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