Pseudohemiodon thorectes
Isbrücker, 1975
thorektes (gr.) - warrior armed with a breastplate
Synonyms
unknown
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
117.0 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
23 - 27 °C
pH
6.5 - 8.0
(Prefered) River depth
0.20 - 0.80 m
Type of water
White water
Flow
strong
Substrate
sand
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
lip breeder
yes
Catfish Atlas 1
from
to
Quantity
25
Temp.
23
24
pH
GH
KH
NO³
Cond.
absent
4 soft rays
10 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
4 soft rays
10 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- 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: 1 P.594 - 597
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1975 "Pseudohemiodon thorectes, a new species of mailed catfish from the Rio Mamoré system, Bolivia (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 23 No. 300, P. 85)
- 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)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 288)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Matthias Schneider
1, 2, 3
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