Pseudancistrus depressus
Günther, 1868
Synonyms
Chaetostomus despressus
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
127.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.0
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: breiterer Kopf mit langen, kräftigen Odontoden am Kopf
from genus: Standard
unknown
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. 394
- Günther, Albert, 1868 "Diagnoses of some new Freshwater Fishes from Surinam and Brazil, in the Collection of the British Museum" (The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Vol. 1 Ser. 4, P. 476)
- Günther, Dr.A., 1886 "Descriptions of freshwater fishes from Surinam and Brazil" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 1886, P. 232)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 240)
- 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. 10)
- Armbruster, J.W., 2004 "Pseudancistrus sidereus, a new species from southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a redescription of Pseudancistrus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 628, P. 5)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 287)
- de Chambrier, S. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I , 2008 "Pseudancistrus corantijniensis, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a molecular and morphological description of the Pseudancistrus barbatus group" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1918, P. 52)
- Willink, P.W.; Mol, J.H. & Chernoff, B., 2010 "A new species of suckermouth armored catfish, Pseudancistrus kwinti (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Coppename River drainage, Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname" (abstract) (Zootaxa, Vol. 2332, P. 41)
- Costa e Silva, G. de S.; Roxo, F.F.; Britzke, R. & Oliveira, C., 2014 "New species of the Pseudancistrus barbatus group (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) with comments on its biogeography and dispersal routes" (ZooKeys, Vol. 406, P. 2)
- da Costa e Silva, G.; Roxo, F.F. & Oliveira, C., 2015 "Two new species of Pseudancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Amazon basin, northern Brazil" (Zookeys, Vol. 482, P. 21)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2
Steindachner, Franz (1882) (PD)
3, 4
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