dedicated Johann Baptist Natterer
Synonyms
Acestra oxyrryncha
Farlowella acestrichthys
Farlowella azygia
Farlowella hargreavesi
Farlowella acestrichthys
Farlowella azygia
Farlowella hargreavesi
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
265.5 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Amazonas, Pará (BRA)
Bolivia, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru; Guyana, Venezuela
rio Madeira | río Ucayali ⇒ Amazonas → Atlantic NE ↓ río Apure → río Orinoco → Caribic ↓ Atlantic NE ↓
˜[ -2.857,-60.616 ]
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
substrate breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
 
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. 333
- Zarske, Dr. Axel: "Pioniere der Aquaristik und Ichtyologie: Johann Baptist Natterer"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni/Juli 2019)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1910 "Über einige Ageneiosus- und Farlowella-Arten etc." (Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Vol. 24, P. 403)
- Ballen, G.A. & Pastana, M.N.L. & Peixoto, L.A.W., 2016 "A new species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) of the F. nattereri species-group from the rio Xingu basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with comments on Farlowella jauruensis , a poorly-known species from the upper rio Paraguai basin" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 14 No. 3)
- Ballen, G.A.; Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Zamudio, J., 2016 "Farlowella mitoupibo, a new species of stick catfish from the upper Guaviare River, Orinoco basin, Colombia (Teleostei: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 27 No. 4, P. 332)
- 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. 77)
- Terán, G.E.; Ballen, G.A.; Alonso, F.; Aguilera, G. & Mirande, J.M., 2019 "A new species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Bermejo River, La Plata River basin, northwestern Argentina" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 17 No. 2)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2021 "A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini" (PlosOne)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
José Birindelli (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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Mitsuhiro Iwamoto
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