Hisonotus leucofrenatus
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908
leuco = white; frenatus = bridle
Synonyms
Microlepidogaster laevior
Microlepidogaster leucofrenata
Niger Oto
Otocinclus leucofrenatus
Microlepidogaster leucofrenata
Niger Oto
Otocinclus leucofrenatus
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
22 - 24 °C
pH
6.5 - 7.5
rio das Pedras, lagoa dos Patos = laguna dos Patos, arroio Água Parada, ribeirão Alma, lagoa Bacopari, rio Canoas = rio Sertão, lagoa da Casamento, rio Cubataõ do Norte, canal a lagoa Emboaba, rio Maquiné, rio Marumbi, lagoa Negra, rio Tijuco = rio Tejuco, rio Três Forquilhas = rio Cornélios, rio Tramandaí -, rio Ribeira de Iguape basin
Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina
Brazil
rio de Azeite → rio Guanhanha → rio São Lourencinho → rio Juquiá → rio Ribeira de Iguape | (rio Maquiné ⇒ lagoa dos Quadros | lagoa Emboaba → lagoa Biguá → lagoa de Tramandaí ⇒ rio Tramandaí) | rio do Cerro → rio Jaraguá → rio Itapoçu | rio Mampituba | rio Nhundiaquara → baia de Paranaguã | laguna dos Patos ⇒ Atlantic SE
˜[ -25.483,-48.817 ]
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
PCF
from
to
Quantity
19
Temp.
22
27
pH
6.30
8.00
GH
5
5
KH
3
3
NO³
10
10
Cond.
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
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1908 "Peixes da Ribeira. Resultados de excursão do Sr. Ricardo Krone, membro correspondente do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro" (Kosmos, Rio de Janeiro)
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 323
- Lechner, Walter: "Aquaristisch neue Welse aus São Paulo"
(DATZ 2/2009)
- Carvalho, T.P. & Reis, R.E., 2011 "Taxonomic review of Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the laguna dos Patos system, southern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 9 No. 1)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Roxo, F.F. & Graça. W.J. da, 2016 "Hisonotus pachysarkos, a new species of cascudinho from the rio Ivaí basin, upper rio Paraná system, Brazil (Loricariidae: Otothyrinae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 26 No. 4, P. 380)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 418)
- Calegari, B.B.; Morlis, W.G. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "A new species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Río Paraná basin, Paraguay, with a discussion of the limits between Otothyropsis and Hisonotus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4244, No. 2, P. 243)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Melo, B.F., 2018 "Hisonotus devidei, a new species from the São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) " (Journal of Fish Biology)
- Dias, A.C.; Silva, G.S.C.; Oliveira, C. & Roxo, F.F., 2018 "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Aripuanã river, Amazon basin, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4504 No. 4, P. 583)
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