Chaetostoma platyrhynchus
Fowler, 1943
Synonyms
Chaetostoma platyrhyncha
Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus
Hemiancistrus platyrhynchus
Peckoltia platyrhyncha
Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus
Hemiancistrus platyrhynchus
Peckoltia platyrhyncha
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
23 - 27 °C
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Male have a more angular head and the edge of their snout is more thick
from genus: Standard
unknown
7 - 9 soft rays
Snout covered with plates
Sympatric with
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
02/November/2016
- Seidel, Ingo: "Chaetostoma joropo und Chaetostoma platyrhynchus"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember/Januar 2017)
- Fowler, Henry W., 1943 "A Collection of Fresh-Water Fishes from Colombia, Obtained Chiefly by Brother Nicéforo Maria " (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 95, P. 252)
- Ballen, G.A.; Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Maldonado Ocampo, J.A., 2016 "Description of a new species of the genus Chaetostoma from the Orinoco drainage with comments on Chaetostoma milesi Fowler (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4105 No. 2)
- PCF
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