Dolichancistrus carnegiei
Eigenmann, 1916
Synonyms
Pseudancistrus carnegiei
Lasiancistrus carnegiei
Lasiancistrus carnegiei
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Standard length (documented)
153.7 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
22 - 26 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.0
Santander, Boyacá
Colombia
pozo de la Vieja | río Samacá ⇒ río Moniquira | quebrada Santa Rosa ⇒ río Suárez | río Umpala → río Chicamocha ⇒ río Sogamoso || río de Oro | río Suratá ⇒ río Lebrija ⇒ río Magdalena → Caribic
[ 6.555,-73.138 ]
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
2 - 3 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 8 - 9 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
2 - 3 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 8 - 9 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Knaack, J., 2000 "Ein weiterer neuer Harnischwels aus dem Rio Guaporé: Lasiancistrus guapore n. sp." (Aquaristik aktuell) P. 58
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 384
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1916 "New and Rare Fishes from South American Rivers" (Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 10, P. 85)
- Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History" (Field Museum of Natural History, Vol. 35, P. 70)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 235)
- 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)
- Lujan, N.K.; Meza-Vargas, V.; Astudillo-Clavijo, V. & ´López-Fernández, H., 2015 "A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes" (Copeia, Vol. 103 No. 3, P. 667)
- 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. 80)
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