Planiloricaria cryptodon
Isbrücker, 1971
(Type species)
krypton (gr.) - hidden; odon (gr.) - tooth
Synonyms
Pseudohemidon cryptodon
Rundkopf-Flunderharnischwels
Spoon Face Whiptail
Rundkopf-Flunderharnischwels
Spoon Face Whiptail
Length (total)
> 35 cm
Standard length (documented)
213.4 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Type of water
White water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
lip breeder
yes
unknown
I / 4 rays
10 soft rays
long filament upper
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
10 soft rays
long filament upper
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
possibly territorial
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 340
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 P.632 - 637
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Harnischwelse des Rio Jatapu"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2008 / Januar 2009)
- Isbrücker, Isaäk J.H., 1971 "Pseudohemiodon (Planiloricaria) cryptodon, a new species and subgenus from Peru (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Bonner zoologische Beiträge, Bd. 21-22, P. 278)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 122)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H. & Nijssen, H., 1986 "New records of the mailed catfish Planiloricaria cryptodon from the upper Amazon in Peru, Brazil and Bolivia, with a key to the genera of the Planiloricariina" (Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Vol. 56 No. 1, P. 39)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 285)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 112)
- 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. 25)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Hans-Georg Evers
1, 2
3, 4
Ingo Seidel
5
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