Hemiancistrus megalopteryx
Cardoso, 2004
Genus uncertain (inc. sed.)
Synonyms
unknown
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: look to head and body shape and pectoral fins: male has angular head, female has wider waist
from genus: Standard
unknown
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Cardoso, A.R., 2004 "Hemiancistrus megalopteryx • a new species of loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tubaro drainage, Santa Catarina State, Brazil" (abstract) (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 15 No. 2, P. 173)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 244)
- Armbruster, J.W.; Werneke, D.C. & Tan, M., 2015 "Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes)" (ZooKeys, Vol. 480, P. 99)
- Provenzano, R. & Barriga, R.S., 2017 "The species of Hemiancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Ecuador" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4272 No. 2, P. 222)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 338)
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