according to the origin río Atrato
Synonyms
Cacucho
Guacuco
Pseudancistrus atratoensis
Guacuco
Pseudancistrus atratoensis
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
120.3 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
High above sea level
550 - 1365 m
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer pectoral fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
present
3 - 4 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 8 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
3 - 4 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 8 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Dahl, G., 1960 "New Fresh-Water Fishes From Western Colombia" (Caldasia, Vol. 8, P. 455)
- Ballen, G.A. & Vari, R.P., 2012 "Review of the Andean armored catfishes of the genus Dolichancistrus Isbrücker (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol 10 Nr. 3, P. 499)
- Mojica,J.I.& Agudelo-Zamora, H.D., 2018 "Historical review, catalog of type specimens and online database of the ichthyology collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (ICN-MHN)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4478 No. 1, P. 34)
- PCF
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