Pseudacanthicus fordii
Günther, 1868
Synonyms
Chaetostomus fordii
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males: wider head, often larger dorsal, often more attractive colored
from genus: Standard
unknown
Sympatric with
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
18/November/2011
- Seidel, Ingo: "Erstmaliger Import von Pseudacanthicus fordii"
(Aquarium Fachmagazin Februar / März 2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Erste Erfolge bei der Nachzucht eines neuen Kaktuswelses aus Peru"
( Aquarium Fachmagazin Juni / Juli 2012 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Günther, Albert, 1868 "Diagnoses of some new Freshwater Fishes from Surinam and Brazil, in the Collection of the British Museum" (The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Vol. 1 Ser. 4, P. 476)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 261)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
G. E. Ford (1868)
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