Synonyms
Carinotus carinotus
Length (total)
approx. 28 cm
Standard length (documented)
235.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
from genus: odontodes at the mouth
unknown
 
present
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 9 (- 10) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 9 (- 10) rays
6 soft 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. 352
- LaMonte, F., 1933 "A new Subgenus of Plecostomus from Brazil" (American Museum Novitates, No. 591, P. 1)
- 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. 9)
- Reis, R.E.; Pereira, E.H.L. & Armbruster, J.W., 2006 "Delturinae, a new loricariid catfish subfamily (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with revisions of Delturus and Hemipsilichthys" (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, No. 147, P. 293)
- 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)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Tiago Casarim Pessali (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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